Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets or Documents from the Temple Archives of Telloh, Part I

by George Aaron Barton

Publishers:

Oxford University Press; Yale University Press; Humphrey Milford

, 1918

Overview

The 117 texts presented in this volume were the first of the Haverford Library Collection of cuneiform tablets to be published. The whole class of tablets, some 400 of them, are of a business and administrative character, and shed light on the economic environment of an ancient people such as can be made of no other people of antiquity known to us.

Product Details

• Title: Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets or Documents from the Temple Archives of Telloh, Part I
• Author: George Aaron Barton
• Series: Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets
• Publishers: Oxford University Press, Yale University Press, Humphrey Milford
• Print Publication Date: 1918
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Sumerian language › Texts; Temples › Iraq--Babylonia; Names, Sumerian; Babylonia › Commerce; Girsu (Extinct city)
• Resource ID: LLS:HLCUNEIFORM01
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:52:28Z

About George Aaron Barton

George A. Barton taught at Haverford College, Bryn Mawr and the University of Pennsylvania where he was Professor of Semitic Languages from 1922-1931 and Professor Emeritus from 1932-1942. His many articles and books cover a wide range of topics in areas such as biblical studies, religion, and linguistics. He was also involved in archaeological projects throughout the Middle East and was the director of the American School of Oriental Research in Baghdad from 1921-1934. While Archaeology and the Bible represents his efforts to make Ancient Near East studies accessible to the pastor and Sunday school teacher, Barton's research and academic work continues to be recognized for its importance to this day, particularly his works The Religion of Israel and A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes.