On Sippar’s quay: cuneiform tablets with aramaic inscriptions from the Böhl Collection in Leiden
In this article we publish and study three Neo-Babylonian cuneiform texts from the Böhl Collection that contain Aramaic inscriptions. Deriving from the same archival context, these tablets bring to life the complex social fabric of Sippar’s entrepreneurial harbour community and its multilinguistic l...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020
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Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Year: 2020, Volume: 110, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-110 |
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Summary: | In this article we publish and study three Neo-Babylonian cuneiform texts from the Böhl Collection that contain Aramaic inscriptions. Deriving from the same archival context, these tablets bring to life the complex social fabric of Sippar’s entrepreneurial harbour community and its multilinguistic landscape. We argue that the appearance of alphabetic inscriptions in this setting is not a coincidence and tells us more about the role of Aramaic in Babylonian society at the time. |
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ISSN: | 1613-1150 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/za-2020-0008 |