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Hardcover. Zustand: g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4"). [4], 61-92, [2]pp (Text); 72 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. First edition. Large quarto (12 x 9 1/4"). xix, [1], 87, [11]pp (Text); 72, xvii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Corrections and Additions). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû's Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest. This volume contains 72 plates of autograph texts as well as 17 plates of b/w photographic reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. First edition. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). xi, [1], 68, [2]pp (Text), 72, xii leaves (Plates); [2]pp (Additions and Corrections). Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. The greater part of the tablets here published were discovered during the second Expedition to Nippur, sent out by the Babylonian Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, in the years 1889-90, under the directorship of Prof. John P. Peters. The tablets were found quite close to the south-west wall of the palace, known as the "Court of Columns." This palace was situated in the northern part of the western half of the city, opposite to the Temple of Bêl, and almost directly west of it. Nearly all of these tablets are of a redish terra-cotta, and are thoroughly baked; in consequence of which, they are unusually well preserved. This volume is illustrated with 72 plates of autograph texts, and 12 plates of halftone reproductions. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding and interior in very good condition. …