The Seal of the Sanga
On the Old Babylonian sangas of Šamaš of Sippar-Jaḫrūrum and Sippar-Amnānum
Biographical note
Michel R.R. Tanret, Ph.D. (1981) in Oriental Languages, Ghent University, is Professor of Assyriology and History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Ghent. He has published on the Old Babylonian period, especially on an archive of Chief Dirge Singers.
Readership
All those interested in (art) history of Mesopotamia, the study of ancient seals, the history of religious institutions, and the link between art and society.
Table of contents
I. THE TEXTS AND THE SEALS
II. THE SEALS AND THE TEXTS
III. CONCLUSIONS
II. THE SEALS AND THE TEXTS
III. CONCLUSIONS
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