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University Of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15. Paperback. Used:Good., University Of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15, 0, Paperback / softback. New. Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a c… More...

University Of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15. Paperback. Used:Good., University Of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15, 0, Paperback / softback. New. Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian clay tablets becomes an absorbing exrusion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East. &quot;The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like ourselves.&quot;--L. M. Field, New York Times &quot;No mystery story can be as exciting.&quot;--Harper's &quot;Plainly and fetchingly written.&quot;--New Republic, 6, Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 251 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches., Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938, 6, Paperback / softback. New. The Babylonian flood story of Atra-hasis is of vital importance to ancient Near Eastern and biblical scholars, as well as students of history, anthropology, and comparative religion. Professors Lambert and Millard provide the reader with a detailed introduction, transliterated Akkadian with English translation, critical notes, and line drawings of the cuneiform tablets. The epic opens in a time when only the gods lived in the universe. Having decided on their established spheres of influence, the chief Mesopotamian gods-Anu, Enlil, and Enki-began their divine labors. In a joint effort, Enki and Mami (the mother goddess) engineered the creation of mankind from clay and the flesh and blood of a slain god. The remainder of the story recounts the expansion of humanity, the consequent irritation of Enki by this expansion, the attempt by Enki and Enlil to destroy humankind through a great flood, and the escape from the flood by Atra-hasis in a boat, accompanied by his possessions, family, and animals. This classic scholarly edition of the epic is once again made available as a quality Eisenbrauns reprint., 6, Paperback / softback. New., 6, Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Dark blue cloth over boards, silver titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; faintly scuffed; light dust spotting on text block bottom edge; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. 4to, 170 pp (74 text + 96 plates)., Yale University Press, 1985-09, 3, Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 251 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches., Cambridge University Press, 2015, 6, Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 251 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches., Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938, 6, NY: Abrams and The Grolier Club, 2007. 215pp. Miniature edition. This is an exact facsimile of Bromer & Edison's important reference work on miniature books, reproduced on a miniature scale. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographic reproductions, including numerous full-page illustrations and two-page spreads. A comprehensive history of the miniature book from the earliest Babylonian clay tablets to modern day creations, organized in chapters treating the major collecting areas: illuminated manuscripts, book arts, religion, almanacs, micro-miniatures, children's books, politics and propaganda, books on life's pleasures, and objets d'art. Anne Bromer and Julian Edison have nearly 75 years of experience in miniature books, Bromer as proprietor of Bromer Booksellers and Edison as the editor of Miniature Book News and a leading collector. The result of such intimate knowledge of the subject is a book that's as informative as it is fun to read, with appeal for both the serious collector and book lovers in general. aTiny Tresures was the basis for two popular exhibits of miniature books in 2007, one at the Boston Public Library, curated by Anne Bromer, and the other curated by Julian Edison at the Grolier Club in New York City. The book is dedicated to the renowned miniature book collector Stanley Marcus, and contains a Foreword by him. Bound in wrappers reproducing the cover design of the full-size book, and a dust wrapper. All edges bronzed. Extremely fine. (3 by 2 7/8; 76x73mm)., Abrams and The Grolier Club, 2007, 0, J. C. Hinrichs 'sche Buchhandlung & the John Hopkins Press. Good. 1906. Softcover. Chipping to wraps. Tears along bottom of spine. Browning to wraps. ; Beiträge Zur Assyriologie Und Vergleichende Semitische Sprachwissenschaft V, 4; 118 pages; In this early study of the sources then newly recovered from Sippar, Friedrich offers a monumental amount of information. Sippar had yielded thousands of clay tablets and these were still being published in this period. Friedrich begins with the dated sources from the reigns of Sin-umballit, Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, Abiesuh, Ammi-ditana, and Ammi-zaduga. This is followed by the sources that are not dated, those approximately assigned and those not assigned at all. Texts are given in transliteration and translation, and commentary is included. The next section concerns the representation from seal impressions, those categorized by gods and those categorized by epic. A comparison of names and an overview of published cuneiform texts also play a role in the discussion. The texts are presented in line drawings and photographs of cylinder-seal impressions conclude the work. With illustrations throughout, this brief study is an essential source for Old Babylonian resources located at Sippar. ., J. C. Hinrichs 'sche Buchhandlung & the John Hopkins Press, 1906, 2.5, Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1912. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4"). [4], 61-92, [2]pp (Text); 72 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition., The University Museum, 1912, 3, Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1912. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4"). 54, [2]pp (Text), 123 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards. Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû's Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest. This volume contains 123 plates of autograph texts. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition., The University Museum, 1912, 3, The Hague, Paris: Mouton, 1970. First edition. Softcover. g. Quarto. 119 (1)pp. Original light blue dustjacket with black and blue lettering on cover and spine glued to spine of blank stiff wrappers. "Over four hundred and fifty clay tablets were found at Tell Atshana, the site of the ancient city of Alalah (near modern Antakya, in the Amuq River Valley of Turkey's Hatay Province). Although some seventeen different levels were uncovered, only two of them yielded inscriptional materials in the form of clay tablets and a monumental inscription. Level VII produced a group of tablets from the 18th-17th centuries B.C. whose language is similar to the Old Babylonian dialects and an inscribed statue from the 15th-14th centuries B.C. The Akkadian language of this level is similar to the Middle Babylonian dialect. This work is a study of the Alalahian dialect of Akkadian. It includes a study of its grammatical formations and constructions plus the added feature of a glossary." (publisher) Sunned wrappers and spine with some minor stains on back cover. Lightly bumped at corners. Ex Libris stamped to half-title. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good+ condition., Mouton, 1970, 2.5, University of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!, University of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15, 6, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology and Paloeontology of the University of Pennsylvania, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 x 9 1/4"). xix, [1], 87, [11]pp (Text); 72, xvii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Corrections and Additions). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû's Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest. This volume contains 72 plates of autograph texts as well as 17 plates of b/w photographic reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology and Paloeontology of the University of Pennsylvania, 1904, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). xi, [1], 68, [2]pp (Text), 72, xii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Additions and Corrections). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts, and 12 plates of halftone reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1906, 3, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 8 3/4"). 54, [2]pp (Text), xc leaves (Plates). Modern olive cloth with gold lettering to spine. The texts here presented belong to the large collection acquired by Yale University through the efforts of Professor Clay. They have been selected because generally they offer material and data of value for the reconstruction of the political and civil history of the people who lived in southern Babylonia in the third millennium BC. This volume is illustrated with 90 plates of autograph texts. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Yale University Press, 1919, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). xv, [1], 174, [2]pp (Text), 68, xii leaves (Plates). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. All the tablets here published were excavated in Nippur during the second to fourth expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania (1889-1900), and form part of the so-called Temple Archives of Nippur partly published by Clay. The letters may be conveniently subdivided into three classes: (a) Letters of diverse writers addressed a-na be-li-ia, "TO MY LORD," i.e., letters written by various royal and Temple officials and addressed TO THE KING, Nos. 1-74. (b) One letter from a king (LUGAL) to Amel-Marduk, or, more specifically, a letter of King Shagarakti-Shuriash to his sheriff-in-chief and attorney of state (GÜ. EN. NA), No. 75, see pp. 132ff. (c) Letters of several writers to certain persons named in the address; in other words, letters constituting an official correspondence between officers of the Temple and the State, Nos. 76ff This volume is illustrated with 68 plates of autograph texts, and 12 plates of halftone reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1908, 3, Wien: Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1903. First edition. Softcover. fair. Quarto. 269, [1]pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece. Scarce and fascinating work on the Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) which is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, and partial copies exist on a human-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 281 laws (skipping number 13), with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye" as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, on a diorite stele in the shape of a huge index finger, 7.4 ft tall. The Code is inscribed in the Akkadian language, of the common people, using cuneiform script carved into the stele. Some age wear on wraps with front cover and spine missing. Title-page creased, soiled and slightly chipped on upper corner. The first 16 pages and the last 45 pages are separated from book block. Sporadic and minor soiling along paper margin. Text in German. Wraps in overall poor, interior in good condition., Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1903, 2, Dallas, TX; [N. L. ], 1952. Original Wraps. 12mo. 30 pages. 20 cm. Edition. Inscribed by Lyle M. Sellers on first page. Annotated bibliography of sources on Otolaryngology, from the earliest works (Babylonian clay tablets) to the present. Includes citation of the Book of Hours, Leonardo Da Vinci, Celsus, and others. Includes illustration of the bookplate of Lyle Sellers on last page. Written by Lyle M. Sellers and Ludwig A. Furchgott of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Sellers (1894-1964) , chief of the otolaryngology department at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas from 1946-1963; he was recognized nationally for his erudition, often presented papers at conferences, and was a pioneer in his field. His personal library, considered "one of the finest private collections of rare books ever created in Dallas" is part of the SMU's Bridwell Library. His collection included 13 medieval manuscripts, including four exquisitely illuminated Books of Hours; several highly decorated liturgical books; a fine gilded Quran; an ancient papyrus fragment and an important medical treatise in Hebrew, dated 1466. Materials from the 15th century consist of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible and 13 early printed books, including several translations of Arabic medical texts. Other sciences are represented by important works by Aristotle, Galileo and Audubon. Subjects: Otolaryngology. Phylogeny. Ontogeny. Otolaryngology - bibliography. OCLC lists 6 copies. Waterdamaged along edges, wraps and endpages soiled, institutional marks on endpages, otherwise clean. Good condition. (SPEC-39-36)., Dallas, TX; [N. L. ], 1952, 0, New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. hardcover, dust jacket. 9.5 x 13 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 600 pages. First edition in English, second impression. This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Using over 400 illustrations [130 in full color] the reader is treated to hundreds of beautifully photographed interiors of these legendary libraries and their rare treasures. Chapter by chapter, the stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome unfold like an unbroken chain, connecting the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The author also shares with us the very personal stories of the founders and the un-sung librarians, who struggled during wars and countless disasters to preserve and protect their precious holdings. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. Mr. Staikos' original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality. He has created a literary masterpiece that captures the rich heritage of one of man's greatest achievements. This is a very special, large-format volume no bibliophile will want to be without. Co-published with The British Library., Oak Knoll Press, 2000, 0, New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, and London: The British Library, 2000.. First Edition in English. Folio (34 x 24.4 cm.), publisher's gilt-stamped cloth with dust jacket. Profusely and very nicely illustrated, with over 400 illustrations, 130 or which are in full color, many full page. As new. (1 blank l., 3 ll.), xvi, 563 pp., (1 l. colophon, 1 blank l.). *** First Edition in English of this monumental work, which chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D., in other words, from the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those of the Italian Renaissance. The stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome connect the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. The author's original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality, a work of accomplished literary quality that captures the rich heritage of one of civilization's greatest achievements. ***, New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, and London: The British Library, 2000., 0, Leiden: Brill, 2010. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 489, (3)pp. Index and bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Frontispiece photo of Foster. Illustrated with occasional drawings, photos and archaeological ground plans. A fine, as new copy. This volume is a scholarly tribute to Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University, from some of his students, colleagues, and companions, in appreciation of his outstanding achievements and in thanks for his friendship. Reflecting on the remarkable breadth of the honoree's research interests, the twenty-six original papers in this Festschrift with topics ranging from social and economic history to literature, language, and to art history and archaeology. The essays in his book reflect the broad spectrum of interests of its honoree, Benjamin R. Foster. They cover a wide range of topics in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian literature, economic and social history, as well as art and archaeology. (Publisher) Contents: Light in the Gagûm window: the Sippar Cloister in the Late Old Babylonian period /; S. Richardson --; Sheep and cattle, cows and calves: the Sumero-Akkadian astral gods as livestock /; F. Rochberg --; Coherence and fragments: reflections on the SKL and the Book fo Judges /; J. Sasson --; Early non-cuneiform writing? Third-millenium BC clay cylinders from Umm el-Marra /; G. Schwartz --; Myth, magic, and ritual /; M. Sigrist --; Study in contrast: Sargon of Assyria and Rusa of Urartu /; M. Van de Mieroop --; Career of Ur-Bagara as a chronological indicator of the documents of Girsu from ¦arkali¨arri to Gudea /; G. Visicato --; What's new in town? /; A. Westenholz --; Drink to me only with thine eyes /; J. Goodnick Westenholz. (OCLC) Volume 42 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East.", Brill, 2010, 0, Leiden: Brill, 2019. First edition. Octavo. vi, 315, (1)pp. Indices. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with 8 maps. A fine, as new copy. "Babylon has always exerted a magical charm on everyone who has been told of its splendour and grandeur. Nobody who has succumbed to this charm, whether he is a layman who just wants to browse a little in his search for old secrets, or a scholar who wants to inform himself about the latest academic research, will be disappointed by this volume." - Erlend Gehlken, Universität Frankfurt/Main, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review February 2 (2020) This volume of collected essays, the first of its kind in any language, investigates the Astronomical Diaries from ancient Babylon, a collection of almost 1000 clay tablets which, over a period of some five hundred years (6th century to 1st century BCE), record observations of selected astronomical phenomena as well as the economy and history of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions. The volume asks who the scholars were, what motivated them to 'keep watch in Babylon' and how their approach changed in the course of the collection's long history. Contributors come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including Assyriology, Classics, ancient history, the history of science and the history of religion. Contents: The early history of the astronomical diaries / John Steele -- Babylonian market predictions / Mathieu Ossendrijver -- Logging history in Achaemenid, Hellenistic and Parthian Babylonia : historical entries in dated astronomical diaries / Christopher Tuplin -- Who wrote the Babylonian astronomical diaries? / Eleanor Robson -- The astronomical diaries and religion in Seleucid and Parthian Babylon : the case of the prophet of Nanaya / Lucinda Dirven -- The museum context of the astronomical diaries / Reinhard Pirngruber -- From Babylon to Batar : the geography of the astronomical diaries / Kathryn Stevens -- Royal presence in the astronomical diaries / Marijn Visscher -- History and historiography in the early Parthian diaries / Johannes Haubold -- The relationship between Greco-Macedonian citizens and the "Council of Elders" in the Arsacid period : new evidence from astronomical diary BM 35269 + 35347 + 35358 / Yasuyuki Mitsuma. This is Volume 100 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East.", Brill, 2019, 0, Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co, 1924. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is no. 72. Hamburger Handdrucke der Werkstatt Lerchenfeld, Buch 4.107, [3] p. 35 cm. Leather spine with handwoven paper. Scuffs to leather and corners bumped. Paper browned. Endpapers foxed. German text. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Babylonian poem with an ancient history stretching across 17 centuries, from about 1750 to 100 BC. The surviving manuscripts are clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform script in several different languages – Akkadian in Mesopotamia and Syria, and Hittite and Hurrian in Anatolia – excavated among the archaeological sites of the Near East from 1850 to the present. This is the 1924 translation by the German Assyriologist Hermann Ranke. Rodenberg 141., L. Friederichsen & Co, 1924, 3, Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited edition, this one of 15 out-of-series copies with out-of-series blindstamp on colophon and numbered. "G. C." (for the LEC owner, Gordon Carroll), signed by the artist Irving Amen; 4to, pp. xvii, [3], 105, [1]; woodcut illustrations (many in color), translated by William Ellery Leonard, introduction by Leonard Cottrell, printed at The Stinehour Press; fine in full ochre cloth, upper cover stamped in brown with a motif replica of a Babylonian clay tablet, spine lettered in brown; bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on pastedown, else fine, in fine publisher's slipcase. Monthly newsletter laid in. LEC Bibliography 473., Limited Editions Club, 1974, 0<

2020, ISBN: a9000f1f44aeb375b07558c904aab1d5

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Paperback / softback. New. Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly … More...

Paperback / softback. New. Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian clay tablets becomes an absorbing exrusion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East. &quot;The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like ourselves.&quot;--L. M. Field, New York Times &quot;No mystery story can be as exciting.&quot;--Harper's &quot;Plainly and fetchingly written.&quot;--New Republic, 6, Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 251 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches., Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938, 6, Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Dark blue cloth over boards, silver titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; faintly scuffed; light dust spotting on text block bottom edge; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. 4to, 170 pp (74 text + 96 plates)., Yale University Press, 1985-09, 3, Paperback / softback. New., 6, Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 251 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches., Cambridge University Press, 2015, 6, Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 251 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches., Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938, 6, NY: Abrams and The Grolier Club, 2007. 215pp. Miniature edition. This is an exact facsimile of Bromer & Edison's important reference work on miniature books, reproduced on a miniature scale. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographic reproductions, including numerous full-page illustrations and two-page spreads. A comprehensive history of the miniature book from the earliest Babylonian clay tablets to modern day creations, organized in chapters treating the major collecting areas: illuminated manuscripts, book arts, religion, almanacs, micro-miniatures, children's books, politics and propaganda, books on life's pleasures, and objets d'art. Anne Bromer and Julian Edison have nearly 75 years of experience in miniature books, Bromer as proprietor of Bromer Booksellers and Edison as the editor of Miniature Book News and a leading collector. The result of such intimate knowledge of the subject is a book that's as informative as it is fun to read, with appeal for both the serious collector and book lovers in general. aTiny Tresures was the basis for two popular exhibits of miniature books in 2007, one at the Boston Public Library, curated by Anne Bromer, and the other curated by Julian Edison at the Grolier Club in New York City. The book is dedicated to the renowned miniature book collector Stanley Marcus, and contains a Foreword by him. Bound in wrappers reproducing the cover design of the full-size book, and a dust wrapper. All edges bronzed. Extremely fine. (3 by 2 7/8; 76x73mm)., Abrams and The Grolier Club, 2007, 0, J. C. Hinrichs 'sche Buchhandlung & the John Hopkins Press. Good. 1906. Softcover. Chipping to wraps. Tears along bottom of spine. Browning to wraps. ; Beiträge Zur Assyriologie Und Vergleichende Semitische Sprachwissenschaft V, 4; 118 pages; In this early study of the sources then newly recovered from Sippar, Friedrich offers a monumental amount of information. Sippar had yielded thousands of clay tablets and these were still being published in this period. Friedrich begins with the dated sources from the reigns of Sin-umballit, Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, Abiesuh, Ammi-ditana, and Ammi-zaduga. This is followed by the sources that are not dated, those approximately assigned and those not assigned at all. Texts are given in transliteration and translation, and commentary is included. The next section concerns the representation from seal impressions, those categorized by gods and those categorized by epic. A comparison of names and an overview of published cuneiform texts also play a role in the discussion. The texts are presented in line drawings and photographs of cylinder-seal impressions conclude the work. With illustrations throughout, this brief study is an essential source for Old Babylonian resources located at Sippar. ., J. C. Hinrichs 'sche Buchhandlung & the John Hopkins Press, 1906, 2.5, University of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!, University of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15, 6, Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1912. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4"). 54, [2]pp (Text), 123 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards. Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû's Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest. This volume contains 123 plates of autograph texts. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition., The University Museum, 1912, 3, Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1912. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4"). [4], 61-92, [2]pp (Text); 72 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition., The University Museum, 1912, 3, The Hague, Paris: Mouton, 1970. First edition. Softcover. g. Quarto. 119 (1)pp. Original light blue dustjacket with black and blue lettering on cover and spine glued to spine of blank stiff wrappers. "Over four hundred and fifty clay tablets were found at Tell Atshana, the site of the ancient city of Alalah (near modern Antakya, in the Amuq River Valley of Turkey's Hatay Province). Although some seventeen different levels were uncovered, only two of them yielded inscriptional materials in the form of clay tablets and a monumental inscription. Level VII produced a group of tablets from the 18th-17th centuries B.C. whose language is similar to the Old Babylonian dialects and an inscribed statue from the 15th-14th centuries B.C. The Akkadian language of this level is similar to the Middle Babylonian dialect. This work is a study of the Alalahian dialect of Akkadian. It includes a study of its grammatical formations and constructions plus the added feature of a glossary." (publisher) Sunned wrappers and spine with some minor stains on back cover. Lightly bumped at corners. Ex Libris stamped to half-title. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good+ condition., Mouton, 1970, 2.5, York Beach: Samuel Weiser, 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxviii + 199 pages, plus 76 pages of plates. One tiny corner bump otherwise a near fine copy in like dust jacket. First published in 1896, King presents the cuneiform text of a group of 60 clay tablets inscribed with prayers and religious compositions of a devotional and magical character. These tablets were created by the scribes of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, between 669-625 b.c., and are currently part of the Kuyunjik collection in the British Museum. King's illustrations feature a transliteration of each tablet with an English translation of well-preserved passages. King includes a Babylonian-English glossary, a list of proper names and numerals with their corresponding cuneiform inscriptions, and a list of words and word portions of uncertain translation., Samuel Weiser, 2000, 0, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 8 3/4"). 54, [2]pp (Text), xc leaves (Plates). Modern olive cloth with gold lettering to spine. The texts here presented belong to the large collection acquired by Yale University through the efforts of Professor Clay. They have been selected because generally they offer material and data of value for the reconstruction of the political and civil history of the people who lived in southern Babylonia in the third millennium BC. This volume is illustrated with 90 plates of autograph texts. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Yale University Press, 1919, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). xv, [1], 174, [2]pp (Text), 68, xii leaves (Plates). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. All the tablets here published were excavated in Nippur during the second to fourth expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania (1889-1900), and form part of the so-called Temple Archives of Nippur partly published by Clay. The letters may be conveniently subdivided into three classes: (a) Letters of diverse writers addressed a-na be-li-ia, "TO MY LORD," i.e., letters written by various royal and Temple officials and addressed TO THE KING, Nos. 1-74. (b) One letter from a king (LUGAL) to Amel-Marduk, or, more specifically, a letter of King Shagarakti-Shuriash to his sheriff-in-chief and attorney of state (GÜ. EN. NA), No. 75, see pp. 132ff. (c) Letters of several writers to certain persons named in the address; in other words, letters constituting an official correspondence between officers of the Temple and the State, Nos. 76ff This volume is illustrated with 68 plates of autograph texts, and 12 plates of halftone reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1908, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology and Paloeontology of the University of Pennsylvania, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 x 9 1/4"). xix, [1], 87, [11]pp (Text); 72, xvii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Corrections and Additions). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû's Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest. This volume contains 72 plates of autograph texts as well as 17 plates of b/w photographic reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology and Paloeontology of the University of Pennsylvania, 1904, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). xi, [1], 68, [2]pp (Text), 72, xii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Additions and Corrections). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts, and 12 plates of halftone reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1906, 3, Dallas, TX; [N. L. ], 1952. Original Wraps. 12mo. 30 pages. 20 cm. Edition. Inscribed by Lyle M. Sellers on first page. Annotated bibliography of sources on Otolaryngology, from the earliest works (Babylonian clay tablets) to the present. Includes citation of the Book of Hours, Leonardo Da Vinci, Celsus, and others. Includes illustration of the bookplate of Lyle Sellers on last page. Written by Lyle M. Sellers and Ludwig A. Furchgott of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Sellers (1894-1964) , chief of the otolaryngology department at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas from 1946-1963; he was recognized nationally for his erudition, often presented papers at conferences, and was a pioneer in his field. His personal library, considered "one of the finest private collections of rare books ever created in Dallas" is part of the SMU's Bridwell Library. His collection included 13 medieval manuscripts, including four exquisitely illuminated Books of Hours; several highly decorated liturgical books; a fine gilded Quran; an ancient papyrus fragment and an important medical treatise in Hebrew, dated 1466. Materials from the 15th century consist of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible and 13 early printed books, including several translations of Arabic medical texts. Other sciences are represented by important works by Aristotle, Galileo and Audubon. Subjects: Otolaryngology. Phylogeny. Ontogeny. Otolaryngology - bibliography. OCLC lists 6 copies. Waterdamaged along edges, wraps and endpages soiled, institutional marks on endpages, otherwise clean. Good condition. (SPEC-39-36)., Dallas, TX; [N. L. ], 1952, 0, Wien: Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1903. First edition. Softcover. fair. Quarto. 269, [1]pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece. Scarce and fascinating work on the Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) which is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, and partial copies exist on a human-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 281 laws (skipping number 13), with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye" as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, on a diorite stele in the shape of a huge index finger, 7.4 ft tall. The Code is inscribed in the Akkadian language, of the common people, using cuneiform script carved into the stele. Some age wear on wraps with front cover and spine missing. Title-page creased, soiled and slightly chipped on upper corner. The first 16 pages and the last 45 pages are separated from book block. Sporadic and minor soiling along paper margin. Text in German. Wraps in overall poor, interior in good condition., Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1903, 2, New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. hardcover, dust jacket. 9.5 x 13 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 600 pages. First edition in English, second impression. This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Using over 400 illustrations [130 in full color] the reader is treated to hundreds of beautifully photographed interiors of these legendary libraries and their rare treasures. Chapter by chapter, the stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome unfold like an unbroken chain, connecting the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The author also shares with us the very personal stories of the founders and the un-sung librarians, who struggled during wars and countless disasters to preserve and protect their precious holdings. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. Mr. Staikos' original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality. He has created a literary masterpiece that captures the rich heritage of one of man's greatest achievements. This is a very special, large-format volume no bibliophile will want to be without. Co-published with The British Library., Oak Knoll Press, 2000, 0, Leiden: Brill, 2019. First edition. Octavo. vi, 315, (1)pp. Indices. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with 8 maps. A fine, as new copy. "Babylon has always exerted a magical charm on everyone who has been told of its splendour and grandeur. Nobody who has succumbed to this charm, whether he is a layman who just wants to browse a little in his search for old secrets, or a scholar who wants to inform himself about the latest academic research, will be disappointed by this volume." - Erlend Gehlken, Universität Frankfurt/Main, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review February 2 (2020) This volume of collected essays, the first of its kind in any language, investigates the Astronomical Diaries from ancient Babylon, a collection of almost 1000 clay tablets which, over a period of some five hundred years (6th century to 1st century BCE), record observations of selected astronomical phenomena as well as the economy and history of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions. The volume asks who the scholars were, what motivated them to 'keep watch in Babylon' and how their approach changed in the course of the collection's long history. Contributors come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including Assyriology, Classics, ancient history, the history of science and the history of religion. Contents: The early history of the astronomical diaries / John Steele -- Babylonian market predictions / Mathieu Ossendrijver -- Logging history in Achaemenid, Hellenistic and Parthian Babylonia : historical entries in dated astronomical diaries / Christopher Tuplin -- Who wrote the Babylonian astronomical diaries? / Eleanor Robson -- The astronomical diaries and religion in Seleucid and Parthian Babylon : the case of the prophet of Nanaya / Lucinda Dirven -- The museum context of the astronomical diaries / Reinhard Pirngruber -- From Babylon to Batar : the geography of the astronomical diaries / Kathryn Stevens -- Royal presence in the astronomical diaries / Marijn Visscher -- History and historiography in the early Parthian diaries / Johannes Haubold -- The relationship between Greco-Macedonian citizens and the "Council of Elders" in the Arsacid period : new evidence from astronomical diary BM 35269 + 35347 + 35358 / Yasuyuki Mitsuma. This is Volume 100 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East.", Brill, 2019, 0, Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co, 1924. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is no. 72. Hamburger Handdrucke der Werkstatt Lerchenfeld, Buch 4.107, [3] p. 35 cm. Leather spine with handwoven paper. Scuffs to leather and corners bumped. Paper browned. Endpapers foxed. German text. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Babylonian poem with an ancient history stretching across 17 centuries, from about 1750 to 100 BC. The surviving manuscripts are clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform script in several different languages – Akkadian in Mesopotamia and Syria, and Hittite and Hurrian in Anatolia – excavated among the archaeological sites of the Near East from 1850 to the present. This is the 1924 translation by the German Assyriologist Hermann Ranke. Rodenberg 141., L. Friederichsen & Co, 1924, 3, Leiden: Brill, 2010. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 489, (3)pp. Index and bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Frontispiece photo of Foster. Illustrated with occasional drawings, photos and archaeological ground plans. A fine, as new copy. This volume is a scholarly tribute to Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University, from some of his students, colleagues, and companions, in appreciation of his outstanding achievements and in thanks for his friendship. Reflecting on the remarkable breadth of the honoree's research interests, the twenty-six original papers in this Festschrift with topics ranging from social and economic history to literature, language, and to art history and archaeology. The essays in his book reflect the broad spectrum of interests of its honoree, Benjamin R. Foster. They cover a wide range of topics in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian literature, economic and social history, as well as art and archaeology. (Publisher) Contents: Light in the Gagûm window: the Sippar Cloister in the Late Old Babylonian period /; S. Richardson --; Sheep and cattle, cows and calves: the Sumero-Akkadian astral gods as livestock /; F. Rochberg --; Coherence and fragments: reflections on the SKL and the Book fo Judges /; J. Sasson --; Early non-cuneiform writing? Third-millenium BC clay cylinders from Umm el-Marra /; G. Schwartz --; Myth, magic, and ritual /; M. Sigrist --; Study in contrast: Sargon of Assyria and Rusa of Urartu /; M. Van de Mieroop --; Career of Ur-Bagara as a chronological indicator of the documents of Girsu from ¦arkali¨arri to Gudea /; G. Visicato --; What's new in town? /; A. Westenholz --; Drink to me only with thine eyes /; J. Goodnick Westenholz. (OCLC) Volume 42 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East.", Brill, 2010, 0, New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, and London: The British Library, 2000.. First Edition in English. Folio (34 x 24.4 cm.), publisher's gilt-stamped cloth with dust jacket. Profusely and very nicely illustrated, with over 400 illustrations, 130 or which are in full color, many full page. As new. (1 blank l., 3 ll.), xvi, 563 pp., (1 l. colophon, 1 blank l.). *** First Edition in English of this monumental work, which chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D., in other words, from the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those of the Italian Renaissance. The stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome connect the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. The author's original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality, a work of accomplished literary quality that captures the rich heritage of one of civilization's greatest achievements. ***, New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, and London: The British Library, 2000., 0, Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited edition, this one of 15 out-of-series copies with out-of-series blindstamp on colophon and numbered. "G. C." (for the LEC owner, Gordon Carroll), signed by the artist Irving Amen; 4to, pp. xvii, [3], 105, [1]; woodcut illustrations (many in color), translated by William Ellery Leonard, introduction by Leonard Cottrell, printed at The Stinehour Press; fine in full ochre cloth, upper cover stamped in brown with a motif replica of a Babylonian clay tablet, spine lettered in brown; bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on pastedown, else fine, in fine publisher's slipcase. Monthly newsletter laid in. LEC Bibliography 473., Limited Editions Club, 1974, 0<

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, Paperback / softback. New. Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of m… More...

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, Paperback / softback. New. Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian clay tablets becomes an absorbing exrusion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East. &quot;The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like ourselves.&quot;--L. M. Field, New York Times &quot;No mystery story can be as exciting.&quot;--Harper's &quot;Plainly and fetchingly written.&quot;--New Republic, 6, Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 251 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches., Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938, 6, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp i-xiii [3]1-315. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Pictorial dust jacket, black cloth covered spine over black paper covered boards. Translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd. The story of the discovery of cuneiform script in Sumer approximately five thousand years ago. A fine copy in a dust jacket protected with a Brodart cover., Harvard University Press, 2010, 4, Paperback / softback. New., 6, Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Dark blue cloth over boards, silver titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; faintly scuffed; light dust spotting on text block bottom edge; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. 4to, 170 pp (74 text + 96 plates)., Yale University Press, 1985-09, 3, Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 251 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches., Cambridge University Press, 2015, 6, Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 251 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches., Univ of Chicago Pr, 1938, 6, NY: Abrams and The Grolier Club, 2007. 215pp. Miniature edition. This is an exact facsimile of Bromer & Edison's important reference work on miniature books, reproduced on a miniature scale. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographic reproductions, including numerous full-page illustrations and two-page spreads. A comprehensive history of the miniature book from the earliest Babylonian clay tablets to modern day creations, organized in chapters treating the major collecting areas: illuminated manuscripts, book arts, religion, almanacs, micro-miniatures, children's books, politics and propaganda, books on life's pleasures, and objets d'art. Anne Bromer and Julian Edison have nearly 75 years of experience in miniature books, Bromer as proprietor of Bromer Booksellers and Edison as the editor of Miniature Book News and a leading collector. The result of such intimate knowledge of the subject is a book that's as informative as it is fun to read, with appeal for both the serious collector and book lovers in general. aTiny Tresures was the basis for two popular exhibits of miniature books in 2007, one at the Boston Public Library, curated by Anne Bromer, and the other curated by Julian Edison at the Grolier Club in New York City. The book is dedicated to the renowned miniature book collector Stanley Marcus, and contains a Foreword by him. Bound in wrappers reproducing the cover design of the full-size book, and a dust wrapper. All edges bronzed. Extremely fine. (3 by 2 7/8; 76x73mm)., Abrams and The Grolier Club, 2007, 0, J. C. Hinrichs 'sche Buchhandlung & the John Hopkins Press. Good. 1906. Softcover. Chipping to wraps. Tears along bottom of spine. Browning to wraps. ; Beiträge Zur Assyriologie Und Vergleichende Semitische Sprachwissenschaft V, 4; 118 pages; In this early study of the sources then newly recovered from Sippar, Friedrich offers a monumental amount of information. Sippar had yielded thousands of clay tablets and these were still being published in this period. Friedrich begins with the dated sources from the reigns of Sin-umballit, Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, Abiesuh, Ammi-ditana, and Ammi-zaduga. This is followed by the sources that are not dated, those approximately assigned and those not assigned at all. Texts are given in transliteration and translation, and commentary is included. The next section concerns the representation from seal impressions, those categorized by gods and those categorized by epic. A comparison of names and an overview of published cuneiform texts also play a role in the discussion. The texts are presented in line drawings and photographs of cylinder-seal impressions conclude the work. With illustrations throughout, this brief study is an essential source for Old Babylonian resources located at Sippar. ., J. C. Hinrichs 'sche Buchhandlung & the John Hopkins Press, 1906, 2.5, Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1912. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4"). 54, [2]pp (Text), 123 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards. Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû's Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest. This volume contains 123 plates of autograph texts. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition., The University Museum, 1912, 3, Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1912. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4"). [4], 61-92, [2]pp (Text); 72 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition., The University Museum, 1912, 3, paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, The Hague, Paris: Mouton, 1970. First edition. Softcover. g. Quarto. 119 (1)pp. Original light blue dustjacket with black and blue lettering on cover and spine glued to spine of blank stiff wrappers. "Over four hundred and fifty clay tablets were found at Tell Atshana, the site of the ancient city of Alalah (near modern Antakya, in the Amuq River Valley of Turkey's Hatay Province). Although some seventeen different levels were uncovered, only two of them yielded inscriptional materials in the form of clay tablets and a monumental inscription. Level VII produced a group of tablets from the 18th-17th centuries B.C. whose language is similar to the Old Babylonian dialects and an inscribed statue from the 15th-14th centuries B.C. The Akkadian language of this level is similar to the Middle Babylonian dialect. This work is a study of the Alalahian dialect of Akkadian. It includes a study of its grammatical formations and constructions plus the added feature of a glossary." (publisher) Sunned wrappers and spine with some minor stains on back cover. Lightly bumped at corners. Ex Libris stamped to half-title. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good+ condition., Mouton, 1970, 2.5, University of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!, University of Chicago Press, 1956-02-15, 6, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 8 3/4"). 54, [2]pp (Text), xc leaves (Plates). Modern olive cloth with gold lettering to spine. The texts here presented belong to the large collection acquired by Yale University through the efforts of Professor Clay. They have been selected because generally they offer material and data of value for the reconstruction of the political and civil history of the people who lived in southern Babylonia in the third millennium BC. This volume is illustrated with 90 plates of autograph texts. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Yale University Press, 1919, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). xv, [1], 174, [2]pp (Text), 68, xii leaves (Plates). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. All the tablets here published were excavated in Nippur during the second to fourth expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania (1889-1900), and form part of the so-called Temple Archives of Nippur partly published by Clay. The letters may be conveniently subdivided into three classes: (a) Letters of diverse writers addressed a-na be-li-ia, "TO MY LORD," i.e., letters written by various royal and Temple officials and addressed TO THE KING, Nos. 1-74. (b) One letter from a king (LUGAL) to Amel-Marduk, or, more specifically, a letter of King Shagarakti-Shuriash to his sheriff-in-chief and attorney of state (GÜ. EN. NA), No. 75, see pp. 132ff. (c) Letters of several writers to certain persons named in the address; in other words, letters constituting an official correspondence between officers of the Temple and the State, Nos. 76ff This volume is illustrated with 68 plates of autograph texts, and 12 plates of halftone reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1908, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology and Paloeontology of the University of Pennsylvania, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 x 9 1/4"). xix, [1], 87, [11]pp (Text); 72, xvii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Corrections and Additions). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû's Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest. This volume contains 72 plates of autograph texts as well as 17 plates of b/w photographic reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology and Paloeontology of the University of Pennsylvania, 1904, 3, Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). xi, [1], 68, [2]pp (Text), 72, xii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Additions and Corrections). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts, and 12 plates of halftone reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition., Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1906, 3, Dallas, TX; [N. L. ], 1952. Original Wraps. 12mo. 30 pages. 20 cm. Edition. Inscribed by Lyle M. Sellers on first page. Annotated bibliography of sources on Otolaryngology, from the earliest works (Babylonian clay tablets) to the present. Includes citation of the Book of Hours, Leonardo Da Vinci, Celsus, and others. Includes illustration of the bookplate of Lyle Sellers on last page. Written by Lyle M. Sellers and Ludwig A. Furchgott of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Sellers (1894-1964) , chief of the otolaryngology department at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas from 1946-1963; he was recognized nationally for his erudition, often presented papers at conferences, and was a pioneer in his field. His personal library, considered "one of the finest private collections of rare books ever created in Dallas" is part of the SMU's Bridwell Library. His collection included 13 medieval manuscripts, including four exquisitely illuminated Books of Hours; several highly decorated liturgical books; a fine gilded Quran; an ancient papyrus fragment and an important medical treatise in Hebrew, dated 1466. Materials from the 15th century consist of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible and 13 early printed books, including several translations of Arabic medical texts. Other sciences are represented by important works by Aristotle, Galileo and Audubon. Subjects: Otolaryngology. Phylogeny. Ontogeny. Otolaryngology - bibliography. OCLC lists 6 copies. Waterdamaged along edges, wraps and endpages soiled, institutional marks on endpages, otherwise clean. Good condition. (SPEC-39-36)., Dallas, TX; [N. L. ], 1952, 0, Wien: Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1903. First edition. Softcover. fair. Quarto. 269, [1]pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece. Scarce and fascinating work on the Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) which is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, and partial copies exist on a human-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 281 laws (skipping number 13), with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye" as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, on a diorite stele in the shape of a huge index finger, 7.4 ft tall. The Code is inscribed in the Akkadian language, of the common people, using cuneiform script carved into the stele. Some age wear on wraps with front cover and spine missing. Title-page creased, soiled and slightly chipped on upper corner. The first 16 pages and the last 45 pages are separated from book block. Sporadic and minor soiling along paper margin. Text in German. Wraps in overall poor, interior in good condition., Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1903, 2, New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. hardcover, dust jacket. 9.5 x 13 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 600 pages. First edition in English, second impression. This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Using over 400 illustrations [130 in full color] the reader is treated to hundreds of beautifully photographed interiors of these legendary libraries and their rare treasures. Chapter by chapter, the stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome unfold like an unbroken chain, connecting the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The author also shares with us the very personal stories of the founders and the un-sung librarians, who struggled during wars and countless disasters to preserve and protect their precious holdings. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. Mr. Staikos' original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality. He has created a literary masterpiece that captures the rich heritage of one of man's greatest achievements. This is a very special, large-format volume no bibliophile will want to be without. Co-published with The British Library., Oak Knoll Press, 2000, 0, Leiden: Brill, 2010. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 489, (3)pp. Index and bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Frontispiece photo of Foster. Illustrated with occasional drawings, photos and archaeological ground plans. A fine, as new copy. This volume is a scholarly tribute to Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University, from some of his students, colleagues, and companions, in appreciation of his outstanding achievements and in thanks for his friendship. Reflecting on the remarkable breadth of the honoree's research interests, the twenty-six original papers in this Festschrift with topics ranging from social and economic history to literature, language, and to art history and archaeology. The essays in his book reflect the broad spectrum of interests of its honoree, Benjamin R. Foster. They cover a wide range of topics in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian literature, economic and social history, as well as art and archaeology. (Publisher) Contents: Light in the Gagûm window: the Sippar Cloister in the Late Old Babylonian period /; S. Richardson --; Sheep and cattle, cows and calves: the Sumero-Akkadian astral gods as livestock /; F. Rochberg --; Coherence and fragments: reflections on the SKL and the Book fo Judges /; J. Sasson --; Early non-cuneiform writing? Third-millenium BC clay cylinders from Umm el-Marra /; G. Schwartz --; Myth, magic, and ritual /; M. Sigrist --; Study in contrast: Sargon of Assyria and Rusa of Urartu /; M. Van de Mieroop --; Career of Ur-Bagara as a chronological indicator of the documents of Girsu from ¦arkali¨arri to Gudea /; G. Visicato --; What's new in town? /; A. Westenholz --; Drink to me only with thine eyes /; J. Goodnick Westenholz. (OCLC) Volume 42 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East.", Brill, 2010, 0, Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co, 1924. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is no. 72. Hamburger Handdrucke der Werkstatt Lerchenfeld, Buch 4.107, [3] p. 35 cm. Leather spine with handwoven paper. Scuffs to leather and corners bumped. Paper browned. Endpapers foxed. German text. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Babylonian poem with an ancient history stretching across 17 centuries, from about 1750 to 100 BC. The surviving manuscripts are clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform script in several different languages – Akkadian in Mesopotamia and Syria, and Hittite and Hurrian in Anatolia – excavated among the archaeological sites of the Near East from 1850 to the present. This is the 1924 translation by the German Assyriologist Hermann Ranke. Rodenberg 141., L. Friederichsen & Co, 1924, 3, Leiden: Brill, 2019. First edition. Octavo. vi, 315, (1)pp. Indices. Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with 8 maps. A fine, as new copy. "Babylon has always exerted a magical charm on everyone who has been told of its splendour and grandeur. Nobody who has succumbed to this charm, whether he is a layman who just wants to browse a little in his search for old secrets, or a scholar who wants to inform himself about the latest academic research, will be disappointed by this volume." - Erlend Gehlken, Universität Frankfurt/Main, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review February 2 (2020) This volume of collected essays, the first of its kind in any language, investigates the Astronomical Diaries from ancient Babylon, a collection of almost 1000 clay tablets which, over a period of some five hundred years (6th century to 1st century BCE), record observations of selected astronomical phenomena as well as the economy and history of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions. The volume asks who the scholars were, what motivated them to 'keep watch in Babylon' and how their approach changed in the course of the collection's long history. Contributors come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including Assyriology, Classics, ancient history, the history of science and the history of religion. Contents: The early history of the astronomical diaries / John Steele -- Babylonian market predictions / Mathieu Ossendrijver -- Logging history in Achaemenid, Hellenistic and Parthian Babylonia : historical entries in dated astronomical diaries / Christopher Tuplin -- Who wrote the Babylonian astronomical diaries? / Eleanor Robson -- The astronomical diaries and religion in Seleucid and Parthian Babylon : the case of the prophet of Nanaya / Lucinda Dirven -- The museum context of the astronomical diaries / Reinhard Pirngruber -- From Babylon to Batar : the geography of the astronomical diaries / Kathryn Stevens -- Royal presence in the astronomical diaries / Marijn Visscher -- History and historiography in the early Parthian diaries / Johannes Haubold -- The relationship between Greco-Macedonian citizens and the "Council of Elders" in the Arsacid period : new evidence from astronomical diary BM 35269 + 35347 + 35358 / Yasuyuki Mitsuma. This is Volume 100 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East.", Brill, 2019, 0, New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, and London: The British Library, 2000.. First Edition in English. Folio (34 x 24.4 cm.), publisher's gilt-stamped cloth with dust jacket. Profusely and very nicely illustrated, with over 400 illustrations, 130 or which are in full color, many full page. As new. (1 blank l., 3 ll.), xvi, 563 pp., (1 l. colophon, 1 blank l.). *** First Edition in English of this monumental work, which chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D., in other words, from the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those of the Italian Renaissance. The stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome connect the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. The author's original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality, a work of accomplished literary quality that captures the rich heritage of one of civilization's greatest achievements. ***, New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, and London: The British Library, 2000., 0, Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited edition, this one of 15 out-of-series copies with out-of-series blindstamp on colophon and numbered. "G. C." (for the LEC owner, Gordon Carroll), signed by the artist Irving Amen; 4to, pp. xvii, [3], 105, [1]; woodcut illustrations (many in color), translated by William Ellery Leonard, introduction by Leonard Cottrell, printed at The Stinehour Press; fine in full ochre cloth, upper cover stamped in brown with a motif replica of a Babylonian clay tablet, spine lettered in brown; bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on pastedown, else fine, in fine publisher's slipcase. Monthly newsletter laid in. LEC Bibliography 473., Limited Editions Club, 1974, 0<

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