On Sippar’s Quay
Cuneiform Tablets with Aramaic Inscriptions from the Böhl Collection in Leiden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20325318 |
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| Authors | Bastian Still (American University in CairoCairoEgypt, corresponding author), Rieneke Sonnevelt (Leiden UniversityLeidenNetherlands) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-110 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-5299 • E-ISSN: 1613-1150 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/za-2020-0008 |
| OpenAlex | W3040085066 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
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
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Cuneiform · Mesopotamia · Ancient Near East History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution
| Highly cited | No |
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