The city besieged [electronic resource] : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / by Israel Ephʻal.
Ephʻal, Israel.
2009
UG444 .E6413 2009eb
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Title The city besieged [electronic resource] : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / by Israel Ephʻal.
Author Ephʻal, Israel.
Uniform Title Ke-ʻir netsurah. English
ISBN 9789004174108
9004174109
Publication Details Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Language English
Description xvii, 211 p. : ill, maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number UG444 .E6413 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.4/409394
Note Two 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 36.
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Ch 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.

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