Babylonian Topographical TextsA. R. George Babylonian Topographical Texts collects for the first time all Babylonian and Assyrian texts of the first millennium B.C. that belong to what is designated the topographical genre. Much of the material is not previously published. The book is largely concerned with Babylon. Seventeen texts on this city now allow its topography to be properly understood for the first time. Another seventeen texts concern the cities of Nippur, Assur, Kish and Uruk. Also included are thirty miscellaneous texts, mostly new, which bear upon topographical matters. The text editions and translations are supplemented by a philological and topical commentary. The work is concluded with full indices, and 57 plates of cuneiform copies. |
Contents
TINTIR BABYLON AND THE TOPOGRAPHY OF BABYLON | 1 |
RELATED TEXTS AND FRAGMENTS | 73 |
METROLOGICAL TEXTS | 109 |
NIPPUR | 143 |
AŠŠUR | 167 |
OTHER CITIES | 193 |
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a-na abul Adad Akkadian ammat appears Apsû Aššur bāb bābu Babylon bára bēl bīt Borsippa Canonical Temple List cella ceremonial name chapel city wall Court courtyard cubits cult-centre cultic den-lil divine E-kur E-sagil E-sagil Tablet E-šarra E-temen-anki E-zida Enlil Enūma eliš epithet Eridu Esarhaddon excavated explained fragment gate list goddess gods Gula heaven and underworld House hymn i-na Igigi Imgur-Enlil inscription Iraq Ištar Ištar Gate ká.dingir.raki Kassite KIMIN Kiš Lambert Late Babylonian lexical Madānu Marduk Marduk's cella metres metrological Nabonidus Nabopolassar Nabû Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar II Neo-Babylonian nindanu Ninlil Ninurta Nippur Nippur Compendium Old Babylonian period perhaps Plate present line probably PSBA pūtu qé-reb quarter restoration ritual šá Šamaš šamê sanctuary seat shrine šiddu Sîn Sippar Sjöberg šu-bat Šuanna subtu Sumerian temple name tin.tirki topographical Ubšu-ukkinna Unger Uraš Gate Uruk WVDOG Zababa Zarpanītum ziqqurrat