The ancient Near East : an anthology of texts and pictures / edited by James B. Pritchard ; foreword by Daniel E. Fleming.
2011
221.95 A541 2011
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Title
The ancient Near East : an anthology of texts and pictures / edited by James B. Pritchard ; foreword by Daniel E. Fleming.
ISBN
9780691147253 (hardback : alk. paper)
0691147256 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780691147260 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691147264 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691147256 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780691147260 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691147264 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Language
English
Description
xxx, 474 pages, [138] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Call Number
221.95 A541 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)683247400
(OCoLC)683247400
(OCoLC)683247400
Summary
"James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated into one convenient and richly illustrated volume, with a new foreword that puts the tranlations in context. With more than 130 reading selections and 300 photographs of ancient art, architecture and artifacts, this volume provides a stimulating introduction to some of the most significant and widely studied texts of the ancient Near East, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Creation Epic (Enuma elish), the Code of Hammurabi, and the Baal Cycle. For students of history, religion, the Bible, archaeology, and anthropology, this anthology provides a wealth of material for understanding the ancient Near East."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword / Daniel E. Fleming
EGYPTIAN MYTHS AND TALES / John A. Wilson
The Memphite Theology of Creation
Deliverance of Mankind from Destruction
The Story of Si-nuhe
The Story of Two Brothers
The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia
The Tradition of Seven Lean Years in Egypt
MYTHS AND EPICS FROM MESOPOTAMIA
A Sumerian Myth / S.N. Kramer
The Deluge
Akkadian Myths and Epics
The Creation Epic (Enuma elish) / E.A. Speiser
Additions to Tablet V / A.K. Grayson
The Epic of Gilgamesh / E.A. Speiser
A Cosmological Incantation: The Worm and the Toothache / E.A. Speiser
Adapa / E.A. Speiser
Descent of Ishtar to the Nether World / E. A. Speiser
The Legend of Sargon / E.A. Speiser
Nergal and Ereshkigal / A.K. Grayson
The Myth of Zu (Anzu) / A.K. Grayson
A Babylonian Theogony / A.K. Grayson
HITTITE MYTHS / Albrecht Goetze
The Telepinus Myth
El, Ashertu, and the Storm-god (Elkunirsha and Ashertu)
UGARITIC MYTHS AND EPICS / H.L. Ginsberg
Poems about Baal and Anath (The Baal Cycle)
The Tale of Aqhat
LEGAL TEXTS
Collections of Laws from Mesopotamia
The Laws of Eshnunna / Albrecht Goetze
The Code of Hammurabi / Theophile J. Meek
The Laws of Ur-Nammu / J.J. Finkelstein
Sumerian Laws / J.J. Finkelstein
The Edict of Ammisaduqa / J.J. Finkelstein
Documents from the Practice of Law
Mesopotamian Legal Documents / Theophile J. Meek, J.J. Finkelstein
Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine / H.L. Ginsberg
TREATIES
Hittite Treaty / Albrecht Goetze
Treaty of Suppiluliumas of Aziras of Amurru
Akkadian Treaties from Syria and Assyria / Erica Reiner
Treaty between Niqmepa of Alalakh and Ir-dim of Tunip
Treaty between Idrimi and Pilliya
Treaty between Ashurnirari V of Assyria and Mati'ilu of Arpad
Treaty of Esarhaddon with Baal of Tyre
The Vassal-Treaties of Esarhaddon
EGYPTIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS / John A. Wilson
The Expulsion of the Hyksos
The Asiatic Campaign of Thut-mose III
A Campaign of Seti I in Northern Palestine
The Report of a Frontier Official
A Syrian Interregnum
The War against the Peoples of the Sea
The Megiddo Ivories
The Campaign of Sheshonk I
Asiatics in Egyptian Household Service
The War against the Hyksos
ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS / A. Leo Oppenheim
The Dedication of the Shamash Temple by Yahdun-Lim
The Story of Idrimi, King of Alalakh
Ashurnasirpal II (883-859): Expedition to the Lebanon
The Banquet of Ashurnasirpal II
Shalmaneser III (858-824): The Fight against the Aramean Coalition
Adad-nirari III (810-783): Expedition to Palestine
The Assyrian King List
Tiglath-pileser III (744-727): Campaigns against Syria and Palestine
Sargon II (721-705): The Fall of Samaria
Sennacherib (704-681): The Siege of Jerusalem
Esarhaddon (680-669): The Syro-Palestinian Campaign
Receipt of Tribute from Palestine
The Fall of Nineveh
The Fall of Jerusalem
The Conquest of Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562)
The Mother of Nabonidus
Nabonidus and His God
The Fall of Babylon
Cyrus (557-529)
The Uruk King List from Kandalanu to Seleucus II
A Seleucid King List
PALESTINIAN INSCRIPTIONS / W.F. Albright
The Gezer Calendar
The Moabite Stone
The Ostraca of Samaria
The Siloam Inscription
A Letter from the Time of Josiah (Mesad Hashavyahu Ostracon)
Three Ostraca from Arad
The Lachish Ostraca
CANAANITE AND ARAMAIC INSCRIPTIONS / Franz Rosenthal
Building Inscriptions
Yehimilk of Byblos
Azitawadda of Adan
Kilamuwa of Y'dy-Sam'al
Barrakab of Y'dy-Sam'al
Cultic Inscriptions
Ben-Hadad of Damascus
Kilamuwa of Y'dy-Sam'al
Zakir of Hamat and Lu'ath
Yehawmilk of Byblos
The Marseilles Tariff
The Carthage Tariff
Other Inscriptions
The King of Kedar
Punic Ex-voto Inscriptions
The Amulet from Arslan Tash
The Uruk Incantation
The Treaty between KTK and Arpad
Ahiram of Byblos
Agbar, Priest of the Moon-god in Nerab
Tabnit of Sidon
Eshmun'azar of Sidon
SOUTH-ARABIAN INSCRIPTIONS / A. Jamme
Sabaean Inscriptions
Minaean Inscriptions
Qatabanian Inscriptions
Hadrami Inscriptions
EGYPTIAN EXECRATION TEXTS / John A. Wilson
The Execration of Asiatic Princes
EGYPTIAN HYMNS / John A. Wilson
The Hymn to the Aton
Hymn of Victory of Mer-ne-Ptah ("The Israel Stela")
MESOPOTAMIAN HYMNS
Sumerian Hymns / S.N. Kramer
Hymn to Ninurta as God of Vegetation
Hymn to Ninurta as God of Wrath
Hymnal Prayer of Enheduanna: The Adoration of Inanna of Ur
The King of the Road: A Self-Laudatory Shulgi Hymn
An Akkadian Hymn / Ferris J. Stephens
Hymn to Ishtar
DIDACTIC AND WISDOM LITERATURE
Egyptian Instructions / John A. Wilson
The Instruction of the Vizier Ptah-hotep
The Instruction of Amen-em-Opet
Sumerian Didactic and Wisdom Literature
Man and His God: A Sumerian Variation of the "Job" Motif / S.N. Kramer
Proverbs from Mesopotamia / Robert H. Pfeiffer
Akkadian Didactic and Wisdom Literature
Observations on Life: A Pessimistic Dialogue between Master and Servant / Robert H. Pfeiffer
An Akkadian Fable / Robert D. Biggs
Counsels of Wisdom / Robert D. Biggs
Ludlul Bel Nemeqi, "I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom" / Robert D. Biggs
The Babylonian Theodicy / Robert D. Biggs
Aramaic Proverbs and Precepts
The Words of Ahiqar / H.L. Ginsberg
ORACLES AND PROPHECIES
The Egyptian Prophecy of Nefer-rohu / John A. Wilson
Akkadian Oracles and Prophecies
Divine Revelations in Letters from Mari and Ashur / William L. Moran
Oracles concerning Esarhaddon / Robert D. Biggs
A Letter to Ashurbanipal / Robert D. Biggs
An Oracular Dream concerning Ashurbanipal / Robert D. Biggs
Prophecies / Robert D. Biggs
Love Poetry
Egyptian Love Songs / John A. Wilson
Sumerian Love Poetry / S.N. Kramer
Dumuzi and Inanna: Love in the Gipar
Dumuzi and Inanna: The Ecstasy of Love
Inanna and the King: Blessing on the Wedding Night
"The Honey-man": Love-song to a King
"Set Me Free, My Sister": The Sated Lover
OTHER LITERARY TEXTS
An Egyptian Poem
In Praise of the City Ramses / John A. Wilson
Sumerian Literature / S.N. Kramer
The Curse of Agade: The Ekur Avenged
Ua-aua: A Sumerian Lullaby
LETTERS
Akkadian Letters
The Mari Letters / W.F. Albright
The Amarna Letters / W.F. Albright
The Substitute King / William L. Moran
A Happy Reign / William L. Moran
A Royal Decree of Equity / William L. Moran
A Letter to a God / William L. Moran
Punishment / Fire / William L. Moran
Treaties and Coalitions / William L. Moran
"The God of My Father" / William L. Moran
A Loan between Gentlemen / William L. Moran
A Boy to His Mother / William L. Moran
Aramaic Letters / H.L. Ginsberg
Letters of the Jews in Elephantine
Assignment to a New Lessor of Land Abandoned in the Egyptian Rebellion of 410 B.C.
EGYPTIAN MYTHS AND TALES / John A. Wilson
The Memphite Theology of Creation
Deliverance of Mankind from Destruction
The Story of Si-nuhe
The Story of Two Brothers
The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia
The Tradition of Seven Lean Years in Egypt
MYTHS AND EPICS FROM MESOPOTAMIA
A Sumerian Myth / S.N. Kramer
The Deluge
Akkadian Myths and Epics
The Creation Epic (Enuma elish) / E.A. Speiser
Additions to Tablet V / A.K. Grayson
The Epic of Gilgamesh / E.A. Speiser
A Cosmological Incantation: The Worm and the Toothache / E.A. Speiser
Adapa / E.A. Speiser
Descent of Ishtar to the Nether World / E. A. Speiser
The Legend of Sargon / E.A. Speiser
Nergal and Ereshkigal / A.K. Grayson
The Myth of Zu (Anzu) / A.K. Grayson
A Babylonian Theogony / A.K. Grayson
HITTITE MYTHS / Albrecht Goetze
The Telepinus Myth
El, Ashertu, and the Storm-god (Elkunirsha and Ashertu)
UGARITIC MYTHS AND EPICS / H.L. Ginsberg
Poems about Baal and Anath (The Baal Cycle)
The Tale of Aqhat
LEGAL TEXTS
Collections of Laws from Mesopotamia
The Laws of Eshnunna / Albrecht Goetze
The Code of Hammurabi / Theophile J. Meek
The Laws of Ur-Nammu / J.J. Finkelstein
Sumerian Laws / J.J. Finkelstein
The Edict of Ammisaduqa / J.J. Finkelstein
Documents from the Practice of Law
Mesopotamian Legal Documents / Theophile J. Meek, J.J. Finkelstein
Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine / H.L. Ginsberg
TREATIES
Hittite Treaty / Albrecht Goetze
Treaty of Suppiluliumas of Aziras of Amurru
Akkadian Treaties from Syria and Assyria / Erica Reiner
Treaty between Niqmepa of Alalakh and Ir-dim of Tunip
Treaty between Idrimi and Pilliya
Treaty between Ashurnirari V of Assyria and Mati'ilu of Arpad
Treaty of Esarhaddon with Baal of Tyre
The Vassal-Treaties of Esarhaddon
EGYPTIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS / John A. Wilson
The Expulsion of the Hyksos
The Asiatic Campaign of Thut-mose III
A Campaign of Seti I in Northern Palestine
The Report of a Frontier Official
A Syrian Interregnum
The War against the Peoples of the Sea
The Megiddo Ivories
The Campaign of Sheshonk I
Asiatics in Egyptian Household Service
The War against the Hyksos
ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS / A. Leo Oppenheim
The Dedication of the Shamash Temple by Yahdun-Lim
The Story of Idrimi, King of Alalakh
Ashurnasirpal II (883-859): Expedition to the Lebanon
The Banquet of Ashurnasirpal II
Shalmaneser III (858-824): The Fight against the Aramean Coalition
Adad-nirari III (810-783): Expedition to Palestine
The Assyrian King List
Tiglath-pileser III (744-727): Campaigns against Syria and Palestine
Sargon II (721-705): The Fall of Samaria
Sennacherib (704-681): The Siege of Jerusalem
Esarhaddon (680-669): The Syro-Palestinian Campaign
Receipt of Tribute from Palestine
The Fall of Nineveh
The Fall of Jerusalem
The Conquest of Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562)
The Mother of Nabonidus
Nabonidus and His God
The Fall of Babylon
Cyrus (557-529)
The Uruk King List from Kandalanu to Seleucus II
A Seleucid King List
PALESTINIAN INSCRIPTIONS / W.F. Albright
The Gezer Calendar
The Moabite Stone
The Ostraca of Samaria
The Siloam Inscription
A Letter from the Time of Josiah (Mesad Hashavyahu Ostracon)
Three Ostraca from Arad
The Lachish Ostraca
CANAANITE AND ARAMAIC INSCRIPTIONS / Franz Rosenthal
Building Inscriptions
Yehimilk of Byblos
Azitawadda of Adan
Kilamuwa of Y'dy-Sam'al
Barrakab of Y'dy-Sam'al
Cultic Inscriptions
Ben-Hadad of Damascus
Kilamuwa of Y'dy-Sam'al
Zakir of Hamat and Lu'ath
Yehawmilk of Byblos
The Marseilles Tariff
The Carthage Tariff
Other Inscriptions
The King of Kedar
Punic Ex-voto Inscriptions
The Amulet from Arslan Tash
The Uruk Incantation
The Treaty between KTK and Arpad
Ahiram of Byblos
Agbar, Priest of the Moon-god in Nerab
Tabnit of Sidon
Eshmun'azar of Sidon
SOUTH-ARABIAN INSCRIPTIONS / A. Jamme
Sabaean Inscriptions
Minaean Inscriptions
Qatabanian Inscriptions
Hadrami Inscriptions
EGYPTIAN EXECRATION TEXTS / John A. Wilson
The Execration of Asiatic Princes
EGYPTIAN HYMNS / John A. Wilson
The Hymn to the Aton
Hymn of Victory of Mer-ne-Ptah ("The Israel Stela")
MESOPOTAMIAN HYMNS
Sumerian Hymns / S.N. Kramer
Hymn to Ninurta as God of Vegetation
Hymn to Ninurta as God of Wrath
Hymnal Prayer of Enheduanna: The Adoration of Inanna of Ur
The King of the Road: A Self-Laudatory Shulgi Hymn
An Akkadian Hymn / Ferris J. Stephens
Hymn to Ishtar
DIDACTIC AND WISDOM LITERATURE
Egyptian Instructions / John A. Wilson
The Instruction of the Vizier Ptah-hotep
The Instruction of Amen-em-Opet
Sumerian Didactic and Wisdom Literature
Man and His God: A Sumerian Variation of the "Job" Motif / S.N. Kramer
Proverbs from Mesopotamia / Robert H. Pfeiffer
Akkadian Didactic and Wisdom Literature
Observations on Life: A Pessimistic Dialogue between Master and Servant / Robert H. Pfeiffer
An Akkadian Fable / Robert D. Biggs
Counsels of Wisdom / Robert D. Biggs
Ludlul Bel Nemeqi, "I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom" / Robert D. Biggs
The Babylonian Theodicy / Robert D. Biggs
Aramaic Proverbs and Precepts
The Words of Ahiqar / H.L. Ginsberg
ORACLES AND PROPHECIES
The Egyptian Prophecy of Nefer-rohu / John A. Wilson
Akkadian Oracles and Prophecies
Divine Revelations in Letters from Mari and Ashur / William L. Moran
Oracles concerning Esarhaddon / Robert D. Biggs
A Letter to Ashurbanipal / Robert D. Biggs
An Oracular Dream concerning Ashurbanipal / Robert D. Biggs
Prophecies / Robert D. Biggs
Love Poetry
Egyptian Love Songs / John A. Wilson
Sumerian Love Poetry / S.N. Kramer
Dumuzi and Inanna: Love in the Gipar
Dumuzi and Inanna: The Ecstasy of Love
Inanna and the King: Blessing on the Wedding Night
"The Honey-man": Love-song to a King
"Set Me Free, My Sister": The Sated Lover
OTHER LITERARY TEXTS
An Egyptian Poem
In Praise of the City Ramses / John A. Wilson
Sumerian Literature / S.N. Kramer
The Curse of Agade: The Ekur Avenged
Ua-aua: A Sumerian Lullaby
LETTERS
Akkadian Letters
The Mari Letters / W.F. Albright
The Amarna Letters / W.F. Albright
The Substitute King / William L. Moran
A Happy Reign / William L. Moran
A Royal Decree of Equity / William L. Moran
A Letter to a God / William L. Moran
Punishment / Fire / William L. Moran
Treaties and Coalitions / William L. Moran
"The God of My Father" / William L. Moran
A Loan between Gentlemen / William L. Moran
A Boy to His Mother / William L. Moran
Aramaic Letters / H.L. Ginsberg
Letters of the Jews in Elephantine
Assignment to a New Lessor of Land Abandoned in the Egyptian Rebellion of 410 B.C.
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