Ancient knowledge networks : a social geography of cuneiform scholarship in first-millennium Assyria and Babylonia /: a social geography of cuneiform scholarship in first-millennium Assyria and Babylonia. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eleanor Robson.
• Authors: Robson, Eleanor
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Bibliographical abbreviations; Museum and excavation sigla; Dating conventions; Editorial conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. From 'Ashurbanipal's Library' and the 'stream of tradition' to new approaches to cuneiform scholarship; 3. Trust in Nabu? Assyrian royal attitudes to court scholarship; 4. The writing-board was at my house: Scholarly and textual mobility in seventh-century Assyria; 5. Grasping the righteous sceptre: Nabu, scholarship and the kings of Babylonia 6. At the gate of Eanna: Babylonian scholarly spaces before and after the early fifth century7. Conclusions: Towards a social geography of cuneiform scholarship; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : UCL Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 935; Learning and scholarship -- Assyria -- History; Learning and scholarship -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology; Assyria -- Intellectual life; Babylonia -- Intellectual life; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787355972; 1787355977; 9781787355941; 1787355942
• Related ISBNs: 9781787355958
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 15, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.