Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal

by Peter Machinist and Steven Cole

The letters edited in this volume represent the correspondence of various priests and high temple officials in the Assyrian realm during the third through fifth decades of the seventh century BC. They consist chiefly of reports to Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal about cultic concerns and matters connected with the construction and renovation of temple edifices in the major cities of the Assyrian empire, both in the heartland and in the provinces. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575063298
• ISBN13: 9781575063294
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"