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A stunning guide to the treasures housed within the Yale Babylonian Collection, presenting new perspectives on the society and culture of the ancient Near East.
The Yale Babylonian Collection houses virtually every genre, type, and period of ancient Mesopotamian writing, ranging from about 3000 B.C.E. to the early Christian Era. Among its treasures are tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh and other narratives, the world's oldest recipes, a large corpus of magic spells and mathematical texts, stunning miniature art carved on seals, and poetry by the first named author in world history, the princess Enheduana.
This unique volume, the companion book to an exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum, celebrates the Yale Babylonian Collection and its formal affiliation with the museum. Included are essays by world-renowned experts on the exhibition themes, photographs and illustrations, and a catalog of artifacts in the collection that present the ancient Near East in the light of present-day discussion of lived experiences, focusing on family life and love, education and scholarship, identity, crime and transgression, demons, and sickness.
ISBN
9781933789378
Publication Date
Spring 4-2019
Publisher
Yale Peabody Museum
City
New Haven
Disciplines
Near Eastern Languages and Societies
Recommended Citation
Lassen, Agnete W.; Frahm, Eckart; and Wagensonner, Klaus, "Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks: Highlights of the Yale Babylonian Collection" (2019). Occasional Publications. 3.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/arch_travel/3
