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A Middle Assyrian Fragment Mentioning Iron from Kassite Nippur

Published:2021-06-08 Issue:1 Volume:48 Page:56-64
ISSN:2196-6761
Container-title:Altorientalische Forschungen
language:en
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Author:

Ridder Jacob Jan de¹,Sassmannshausen Leonhard²

Affiliation:

1. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena , Institut für Orientalistik, Indogermanistik, Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie , Fürstengraben 1, D-07737 Jena , Germany Germany

2. Hermann-Löns-Straße 21, D-72461 Albstadt Germany

Abstract

Abstract In this study, a fragment from the Hilprecht Collection in Jena will be discussed. The tablet was previously identified as Middle Babylonian and published as TMH NF 5, 59. Closer inspection reveals Middle Assyrian palaeography. The fragmentary tablet deals with metals used for precious objects and was part of a larger inventory or letter. Noteworthy is a reference to iron, a metal rarely attested in Kassite Nippur but better known from the archaeological material and philological evidence from the Middle Assyrian Empire. An overview of philological evidence for iron in 2nd millennium Assyria will be given in this study.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,History,Language and Linguistics,Cultural Studies

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/aofo-2021-0003/pdf

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