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Eisenbrauns is pleased to announce this quality reprint of Simo Parpola's classic work, Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. "Part II: Commentary and Appendices" originally appeared in 1983 as AOAT 5/2
Contents
Foreward
Table of Contents
Introduction
Excursus: The Substitute King Ritual
Abbreviations
Commentary to Letters 1-345
Additional Texts
New Joins
Appendix A. Assyrian Chronology 681-648 BC
1. Intercalary Years 685-650
2. Table for Converting Assyrian Dates into Julian Ones
3. Table for Converting Julian Dates into Assyrian Ones
4. List of Eponyms 681-648
Appendix B. Lunar Constellations
Appendix C. Heliacal Phenomena of Mercuty, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter
1. Mercury: Heliacal Risings and Settings for Babylon 681-663 BC
2. Venus: Heliacal Risings and Settings for Babylon 681-663 BC
3a. Mars: Heliacal Risings and Settings for Babylon 681-650 BC
3b. Mars: Oppositions and Stationary Points for Babylon 681-650 BC
4a. Jupiter: Heliacal Risings and Settings (Babylon) 681-663 BC
4b. Jupiter: Oppositions and Stationary Points (Babylon) 681-663 BC
Appendix D. Synopsis of Planetary Positions and Phases, 680-663 BC
Appendix E. Solar Eclipses at Nineveh 681-647 BC
Appendix F. Lunar Eclipses (Nineveh and Babylon), 681-647 BC
1. List of Eclipses
2. Graphic Presentation of the Lunar Eclipses Visible in Mesopotamia in Years 680-664 BC
3. Visibility of Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn during Lunar Eclipses 680-663 BC at Nineveh
4. Interpretation of Lunar Eclipses
Appendix G. Sunset and Sunrise in Nineveh and Assur
Appendix H. Risings and Settings of Selected Fixed Stars
1. Heliacal Risings and Settings
2. Acronychal Risings and Settings
Appendix I. The Chronology of the Letters
1. Chronological List of Datable Letters
2. List of Undatable (or Undated) Letters
3. Chronological Distrubution of Datable Letters
4. Chronological Structure of the LAS Corpus
5. Datable Letters Arranged by Author and Date
Appendix J. Datable Astrological Reports
1. List of Datable Reports (Arranged by Publication Number)
2. Datable Reports in Chronological Order
3. Datable Reports Arranged by Author and Date
Appendix K. Synopsis of the Historical Information Provided by the LAS Corpus
Appendix L. Addressees
Appendix M. Senders
1. List of Letter with Extant Idication of Authorship
2. List of Letters Lacking Indication but Assignable to Definite Writers
3. List of Fragments not Assignable to Definite Writers
4. Totals of Letters and Reports Assigned to Definite Authors
5. Introductory Formulae
6. Distinctive Features
Appendix N. Biographical and Prosopographical Source Materials
1. Chronographic Texts (1-1b)
2, Colophons (2-15)
3. Contracts (16-25)
4. Administrative Records (26-31)
5. Oracle Queries and Reports (32-46)
6. Letters (47-81)
Appendix O. Careers of Scholars
1. List of Attested Dates and Titles
2. Chronological Distribution of Individual Careers
Appendix P. A Survey of the Subject Matter Covered by the Correspondence
1. Matters in which the SCHOLARS Contacted the King
2. Matters in which the KING Contacted the Scholars
3. Number of Reply Letters vs. "Spontaneously sent" Letters
4. King's Words Quoted in the Letters
5.1 References to Future Letters
5.2 References to Previous Letters (Identified)
5.3 Unidentified References to Previous Letters
Appendix Q. Related Texts
1. Old Babylonian Letters from Mari
2. Old Babylonian and Cassite Reports on Extespices
3. Middle Babylonian Letters
4. Letters to Sargonid Kings from Babylonian Scholars
5. "Astrological" Reports to Sargonid Kings
6. Letters from the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods
Addenda and Corrigenda
Addenda and Corrigenda (1979-1981)
Indices
1. Texts and Passages Quoted or Discussed
2. Texts Edited under "Additional Texts"
3. Grammar
4. Lexicon
5. Names
6. Subject Indexes (in Selection)
Bibliography
