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Mari in Retrospect

Fifty Years of Mari and Mari Studies

Edited by Gordon D. Young

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1992

Mari in Retrospect

Fifty Years of Mari and Mari Studies

Edited by Gordon D. Young

Excavations in the Middle Euphrates Valley over the past fifty years have profoundly altered our understanding of the history of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine. The discovery of Mari (Tell Hariri), with its extensive cuneiform library, is at the center of these developments. Originally presented at a joint annual meeting of the Middle West Branch of the American Oriental Society and the Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago), the essays included in this book survey fifty years of Mari studies. Thirty-seven pages of indexes provide ready access to the wealth of information contained in these essays. Illustrated with photos and maps.

 

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Excavations in the Middle Euphrates Valley over the past fifty years have profoundly altered our understanding of the history of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine. The discovery of Mari (Tell Hariri), with its extensive cuneiform library, is at the center of these developments. Originally presented at a joint annual meeting of the Middle West Branch of the American Oriental Society and the Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature (held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago), the essays included in this book survey fifty years of Mari studies. Thirty-seven pages of indexes provide ready access to the wealth of information contained in these essays. Illustrated with photos and maps.

Preface

Abbreviations

The North Mesopotamian Kingdom of Ilansura - Michael C. Astour

The Old Assyrian Caravan Road in the Mari Royal Archives - B. J. Beitzel

Les Legendes de Sceaux de Mari: Nouvelles Donnees - Dominique Charpin

Early Second Millennium Ceramic Parallels between Tell Hadidi-Azu and Mari - Robert W. Fisher

Mari and the Kish Civilization - I. J. Gelb

The Nisum ‘Oath’ in Mari - Paul Hoskisson

The Divine Nature of the Mediterranean Sea in the Foundation Inscription of Yahdunlim - Abraham Malamat

The 1979-1982 Excavations at Mari: New Perspectives and Results - Jean-Claude Margueron

The Amorite Migrations - George E. Mendenhall

Mari: The View from Ebla - Piotr Michalowski

ebbum as a Professional Title at Mari - M. Deloy Pack

‘He Restoreth My Soul’: A Biblical Expression and Its Mari Counterpart - Jonathan D. Safren

Bibliography

Indexes

General Index

Index of Names

Personal Names

Divine Names

Geographical Names

Index of Texts

Ancient Near Eastern Texts and Seals

Scripture

Language Index

Arabic

Aramaic (Including Syriac)

Akkadian (Including Eblaite, Kishite, and Amorite, Plus Semitic Words Found in Cuneiform Sources)

Early Northwest Semitic (Including Ugaritic and the Language of the Byblian Syllabic Texts)

Hebrew and Phoenician

Sumerian

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