{"product_id":"cuneiform-texts-from-the-folios-a-r-george-9781646021390","title":"Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W. G. Lambert, Part Two","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book publishes 323 handcopies of cuneiform tablets found in the academic papers of W. G. Lambert (1926-2011), one of the foremost Assyriologists of the twentieth century. Prepared by A. R. George and Junko Taniguchi, it completes a two-part edition of Lambert's previously unpublished handcopies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Babylonian and Assyrian scribes in ancient Mesopotamia, the texts collected here are organized by genre and presented with a descriptive catalogue and indexes. The contents include omen literature, divinatory rituals, religious texts, a scribal parody of Babylonian scholarship, theological and religious texts, lexical lists, god lists, and a small group of miscellaneous texts of various genres. The tablets are mainly from the British Museum, but some come from museums in Baghdad, Berlin, Chicago, Geneva, Istanbul, Jerusalem, New Haven, Oxford, Paris, Philadelphia, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington. In addition, there are copies of eight tablets whose current whereabouts are unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third collection of Lambert's handcopies published by Eisenbrauns--following \u003ci\u003eBabylonian Creation Myths \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCuneiform Texts from the Folios of W. G. Lambert, Part One\u003c\/i\u003e--is a crucial part of the intellectual history of the field of Assyriology. In addition, many of these texts are published herein for the first time, making them a valuable and important resource for further study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. R. George\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646021398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646021390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eisenbrauns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 8.40w x 0.90d","brand":"A. R. George","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995988132095,"sku":"9781646021390","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb8bbb9e-a811-40f9-9495-89c751996538.jpg?v=1683339050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cuneiform-texts-from-the-folios-a-r-george-9781646021390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}