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Babylonian Legal and Business Documents From the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon Chiefly From Sippar [The Babylonian Expedition of The University of Pennsylvania - Series A: Cuneiform Texts. Volume VI, Part I]

Ranke, Hermann (Text by); H. V. Hilprecht (Edited by)

Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). viii, [2], 79, [13]pp (Text), 71, xiii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Corrections). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine.

The legal and business documents of the first dynasty of Babylon are well represented in the Babylonian collections of the University of Pennsylvania.

While those excavated by the University Expedition at Nippur have been reserved for the second part of this volume, the 119 tablets here published have been taken from different collections which were bought for the University.

This volume is illustrated with 71 plates of autograph texts, and 13 plates of halftone reproductions.

Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Item #45857

Price: $95.00