Sargonic and Presargonic Texts in The World Museum Liverpool [Paperback]

A new study of the Old Akkadian tablets in the collection of the World Museum Liverpool. It comprises three sections. Chapter 1 recounts the modern history of the tablets, dealing with the acquisition of the tablets in the early twentieth century and surveying scholarly treatments of the texts. Chapter 2 discusses chronology and offers some interpretations of their historical context based on internal evidence. The final section presents the 49 texts themselves.A new study of the Old Akkadian tablets in the collection of the World Museum Liverpool. It comprises three sections. Chapter 1 recounts the modern history of the tablets, dealing with the acquisition of the tablets in the early twentieth century and surveying scholarly treatments of the texts.