An Excavated Dossier of Cuneiform Tablets from Level VII Alalah
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15914169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacob Lauinger (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 362 |
| Pages | 21-64 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.362.0021 |
| OpenAlex | W2472186839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article examines whether or not the sequence of excavation numbers for cuneiform tablets excavated during the 1939 season at Alalah̬ (Tell Atchana) can reflect “excavated dossiers,” that is, groups of tablets that were intentionally assembled and stored together in antiquity as a meaningful file. The first half of the article reconstructs the field method of Alalah̬’s excavator, Sir Leonard Woolley, and utilizes unpublished field cards from the excavation to conclude that it may be possible to discern excavated dossiers from the sequence of excavation numbers. The second half of the article identifies and discusses one such dossier, re-editing a constituent text and highlighting the dossier’s importance for understanding the contingent political status of Alalah̬’s rulers under the hegemony of Yamh̬ad (Middle Bronze Age/Old Babylonian period). Appendices provide transcriptions of the field cards for epigraphic material found during the 1939, 1947, and 1948 seasons, a list of the find-spots of the Level VII cuneiform material, and a concordance of publication and excavation numbers for the same
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Cuneiform · Excavation · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Sequence (biology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Law
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Epigraphic Finds from the Oriental Institute’s 2003 Excavations at Alalakh
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Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1939
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Excavations near Antioch in 1936
Excavations at Atchana-Alalakh, 1946
Supplementary Copies of Alalakh Tablets
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| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |