Letters to the King of Mari: A New Translation, with Historical Introduction, Notes, and CommentaryIn this new Mesopotamian Civilizations volume, Professor Heimpel collects the corpus of the Mari correspondence and provides an introduction, a reconstruction of events during Zimri-Lim's reign, and English translations of these Mari texts (26/1, 26/2, 27, and additional texts). This volume includes indexes of personal names/individuals, group designations/personnel, and places. |
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Page ii - Izre'el Adapa and the South Wind Language Has the Power of Life and Death Shlomo Izre'el Eisenbrauns Winona Lake, Indiana © Copyright 2001 by Eisenbrauns.
Page 46 - The year Zimri-Lim defeated the Yamina and their kings in Saggaratum" (G. Dossin, "Les noms d'annees et d'eponymes dans les 'Archives de Mari,'" Studia Mariana [Leiden, 1950], 55 #6).
Page xv - Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Ed. James B. Pritchard. 3d ed.
Page 297 - Write down a namelist and rsend1 it to me!' Because I watch the troops closely over here, I have sent for the soldiers on furlough, (that is), now 20 days ago. Let the soldiers on furlough arrive here, and I shall inspect the name-list on the tablet and see (who are) the troops on hand and the runaway troops, and [I] will send a complete report to my lord."3 1. That is, the general of the Ilan-Surean troops in Mari. 2. Food was a common vehicle of sorcery. See 26 253. 3. Charpin, noting the opposition...
Page 240 - Sumu-Dabi, should Sumu-Dabi, with troops few or many, however many he can readily equip, draw up in (battle) formation against Zimri-Lim, should he do battle with him, and be safe, defeat him, be victorious?
Page xviii - I. Starr. The Rituals of the Diviner. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 12. Malibu, 1983 M.
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Page 311 - Asqudum saw that that city was left to itself. Now, my lord must dispatch troops, and they must take control of Nahur. That city [must not slip] from the hand of my lord.
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