Alphabet Scribes in the Land of Cuneiform : : Sēpiru Professionals in Mesopotamia in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods / / Yigal Bloch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Bloch, Yigal,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (515 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Babylonian Metrical Units --; Bibliographical Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Sēpiru: Specialists in Alphabetic Writing, and in Cuneiform, Too? --; Chapter 2. Sēpiru in Babylonian Temples --; Chapter 3. Sēpiru in the State Administration --; Chapter 4. Sēpiru Active in Private Business --; Chapter 5. The Ethnic Background of the Sēpiru Professionals --; Concluding Observations --; Appendix: Transliteration of Previously Unedited Tablets --; Copies of Previously Unpublished Cuneiform Tablets --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463240165; 9783110606751
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463240165
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Yigal Bloch.

This book treats the alphabet scribes in Mesopotamia in the Late Babylonian period (6th-5th centuries BCE). Bloch defends the understanding of the term sēpiru as a designation of alphabet scribes, discusses the functions of sēpiru professionals in Babylonia, and discusses their ethnic origins, with special attention to the participation of Judeans in Babylonia in this profession. The monograph includes translations of over 100 Late Babylonian economic, legal, and administrative documents.