000390818 000__ 02273cam\a2200421\a\4500 000390818 001__ 390818 000390818 005__ 20210513135822.0 000390818 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000390818 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000390818 008__ 081103s2009\\\\ne\ab\\\sb\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000390818 010__ $$z 2008048072 000390818 020__ $$z9789004174108 000390818 020__ $$z9004174109 000390818 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349236 000390818 035__ $$a(OCoLC)646865263 000390818 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000390818 0411_ $$aeng$$hheb 000390818 043__ $$aaw----- 000390818 05014 $$aUG444$$b.E6413 2009eb 000390818 08204 $$a355.4/409394$$222 000390818 1001_ $$aEphʻal, Israel. 000390818 24010 $$aKe-ʻir netsurah.$$lEnglish 000390818 24514 $$aThe city besieged$$h[electronic resource] :$$bsiege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East /$$cby Israel Ephʻal. 000390818 260__ $$aLeiden ;$$aBoston :$$bBrill,$$c2009. 000390818 300__ $$axvii, 211 p. :$$bill, maps ;$$c25 cm. 000390818 4901_ $$aCulture and history of the ancient Near East ;$$vv. 36 000390818 500__ $$aTwo printings were published in 2009; one had only the first 113 pages and was probably an error, and the other had 211 pages, with two additional chapters (4 and 5) which match the tables of contents (p. [x-xi) and bibliography and indexes. 000390818 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 000390818 5050_ $$aCh 1 Introduction -- What is siege warfare -- Purpose of the book and method of discussion -- Ch 2 Sources -- Literary sources -- Non-literary documents -- Artistic representations of siege warfare -- Archaeological evidence -- Ch 3 Military aspects -- Blockade -- Breakthrough -- Ch 4 Legal and economic aspects -- Introduction -- Babylonian siege documents -- Documents of siege and hardship from Emar -- Legal significance of the hardship formulae -- "Charitable deeds" -- Ch 5 Social aspects -- Between man and God -- Public life. 000390818 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000390818 650_0 $$aSiege warfare$$zMiddle East. 000390818 650_0 $$aSieges$$zMiddle East. 000390818 650_0 $$aMilitary art and science$$zMiddle East$$xHistory. 000390818 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000390818 830_0 $$aCulture and history of the ancient Near East ;$$vv. 36. 000390818 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000390818 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10349236$$zOnline Access 000390818 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:390818$$pGLOBAL_SET 000390818 980__ $$aEBOOK 000390818 980__ $$aBIB 000390818 982__ $$aEbook 000390818 983__ $$aOnline