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THIS 88 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Light From the East Or the Witness of the Monuments, by C. J. Ball. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766135535. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 820 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Heralds of that Good Realm: Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions.(Review)
Author: James C. VanderKam
Publication: The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 119Issue: 1Page: 159(2)

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Drawing on the hundreds of published cyclinder seals from the Near East, Nijhowne attempts to reduce the gulf between historians and prehistorians. Whilst the former relies on documentary evidence, the latter on material remains, our interpretations about ancient Mesopotamian societies remains debated and often contradictory. Essentially this study investigates the relationship between cylinder seal iconography and the political and religious developments of the Old Babylonian and Kasite periods, with many illustrated examples. ... Read more

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A Fascinating Look at Ancient Mesopotamian Adoption
This book is not an exhaustive study of ancient Mesopotamian adoptions; rather it is a study of a group of related texts many of which deal with adoption. The work contains photographs and hand drawn copies of the texts as well as transliterations and translations of the documents. The work is aimed at a scholarly, rather than a general, audience.

One fascianting fact that emerges from this study is that many adoptions are not adoptions as we would think of them. These adoptions were strictly economic transactions between adult adopters and adoptees and were not designed to add a child to a family.

This study is thorough, yet concise and comes highly recomended. ... Read more

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Publisher: London : Royal Asiatic SocietyPublication date: 1922Subjects: Anecdotes -- IraqAnecdotes -- Islamic EmpireNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 988 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Formation Processes of the First Developed Neolithic Societies in the Zagros and the Northern Mesopotamian Plain.(Book Review)
Author: Reinhard Bernbeck
Publication: The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 123Issue: 3Page: 672(2)

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A fascinating story of a time long gone...
Sometimes the story within a story can be far more intriguing. This is the case with "Foundations in the Dust". The story of Mesopotamian exploration in the early part of this century is far more interesting (sometimes) than what was actually discovered. Written by one of the experts, this book is an account of Iraqi archaeology from the first discoveries to the dying days of the pre WWII world. The real thing is far more interesting than any Indiana Jones story!! ... Read more

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Tell Brak in Syria is one of the largest and most important multi-period sites in northern Mesopotamia. Excavations in 1994-1996 cast new light on everyday life at the settlement through several phases of occupation from the early 4th millennium BC to the 2nd millennium BC. This monograph provides an account of the architecture, artefacts, and environmental evidence, supported by a program of radiocarbon dating. The results emphasize the indigenous nature of cultural development in Upper Mesopotamia during these millennia. Among the highlights are a small temple dating to the Ninevite 5 period (earlier 3rd millennium BC), which provides new insights into a phenomenon that has hitherto been little explored; and an exceptional hoard of precious materials and artefacts that underlines the importance of Brak in the later 3rd millennium BC. The report is completed by studies of subsistence, diet, economy, use of space, and craft activities, which focus on the variabilities and continuities in daily life that underlay the shifting political and cultural forces. These studies highlight the unique position of Tell Brak in the long-term ebb and flow of regional interactions across Mesopotamia.Roger Matthews is Lecturer in the archaeology of Western Asia at University College London. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 979 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography.(Review)
Author: F. S. Reynolds
Publication: The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 121Issue: 1Page: 131

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