A neo-assyrian slave sale contract of 725 BC from the Peshdar Plain and the location of the Palace Herald’s province

This paper presents a first edition of a new clay tablet in Neo-Assyrian language and cuneiform script. The fragmentary text was found in 2013 at the site of Qalat-i Dinka in the Peshdar Plain, Sulaymaniyah Province, Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq. It documents the sale of a slave woman in the ye...

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Main Author: Radner, Karen 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Year: 2015, Volume: 105, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-197
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Summary:This paper presents a first edition of a new clay tablet in Neo-Assyrian language and cuneiform script. The fragmentary text was found in 2013 at the site of Qalat-i Dinka in the Peshdar Plain, Sulaymaniyah Province, Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq. It documents the sale of a slave woman in the year 725 BC, when the area was part of the Assyrian Empire and quite possible of the Province of the Palace Herald.
ISSN:1613-1150
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/za-2015-0015