The Ancient Near East : : An Anthology of Texts and Pictures / / ed. by James B. Pritchard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Albright, W. F.,; Biggs, Robert D.,; Finkelstein, J. J.,; Fleming, Daniel E.,; Ginsberg, H. L.,; Goetze, Albrecht,; Grayson, A. K.,; Jamme, A.,; Kramer, S. N.,; Meek, Theophile J.,; Moran, William L.,; Oppenheim, A. Leo,; Pfeiffer, Robert H.,; Reiner, Erica,; Rosenthal, Franz,; Speiser, E. A.,; Stephens, Ferris J.,; Wilson, John A.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Fleming, Daniel E.
• HerausgeberIn: Pritchard, James B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 307 halftones.

James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated into one convenient and richly illustrated...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Foreword
• Preface to the 1975 Edition
• Preface to the 1958 Edition
• I. Egyptian Myths and Tales
• II. Myths and Epics from Mesopotamia
• III. Hittite Myths
• IV. Ugaritic Myths and Epics
• V. Legal Texts
• VI. Treaties
• VII. Egyptian Historical Texts
• VIII. Assyrian and Babylonian Historical Texts
• IX. Palestinian Inscriptions
• X. Canaanite and Aramaic Inscriptions
• XI. South-Arabian Inscriptions
• XII. Egyptian Execration Texts
• XIII. Egyptian Hymns
• XIV. Mesopotamian Hymns
• XV. Didactic and Wisdom Literature
• XVI. Oracles and Prophecies
• XVII. Love Poetry
• XVIII. Other Literary Texts
• XIX. Letters
• Illustration Credits
• Index to Biblical References
• Index
• Plates