The first dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia / Odette Boivin.
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TextSeries: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; Volume 20.Publisher: Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018]Copyright date: 2018Description: 1 online resource (308 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781501507823; 9781501507861Subject(s): Babylonia -- Kings and rulers | Babylon (Extinct city) -- History -- Sources | Iraq -- History -- To 634 | Iraq -- AntiquitiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: First dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia.DDC classification: 935/.02 LOC classification: DS73.3 | .B658 2018Online resources: Click to View Summary: The history of mid-2nd millennium Babylonia is marked by a dire lack of sources. The Sealand kings who controlled part of it were long known to us only indirectly. A palatial archive published recently now illuminates this elusive polity from the inside. This book explores its political, economic, and religious history, as well as the transmission of its memory. It forms a basis for interpreting future finds of that period in southern Iraq.
The history of mid-2nd millennium Babylonia is marked by a dire lack of sources. The Sealand kings who controlled part of it were long known to us only indirectly. A palatial archive published recently now illuminates this elusive polity from the inside. This book explores its political, economic, and religious history, as well as the transmission of its memory. It forms a basis for interpreting future finds of that period in southern Iraq.
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