Libraries before Alexandria : ancient near eastern traditions /
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. |
Description: | xvii, 491 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Map Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11982169 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Map and Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1. Libraries before Alexandria
- 2. The Rise of Libraries in Western Asia, c.2600-2300 BCE
- 3. Libraries in Ancient Egypt, c.2600-1600 BCE
- 4. Archives and Libraries in the Old Babylonian Period, c. 1900-1600 BCE
- 5. The Tablet Collections of the Hittite State, c.1650-1080 BCE
- 6. Libraries in Syria and the Levant in the Late Bronze Age, c.1450-1100 BCE
- 7. Libraries in Ancient Egypt, c. 1600-800 BCE
- 8. Scholarly Tablet Collections in First-Millennium Assyria and Babylonia, c.700-200 BCE
- 9. Assurbanipal's Library: An Overview
- 10. Libraries from Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egypt, c.800 BCE-250 CE
- General Index