简介:ThetabletunderdiscussionwasdiscoveredatUrandwaspublishedinUET6/ⅡasNo.398.ThetabletconsistsofafragmentofthemiddleportionofalateBabyloniantext,andpreservestheendportionofamythinwhichtheprincipleactorsarethegodsMardukandUras,andtoalesserextent,thegodEnlil.Thetextisinpoeticformwiththelinesfallingintocouplets,inwhichthesecondlineofeachcoupletusuallyformsaparallel,orasupplementtothefirstone.Thetext,hasbeenbrieflyoutlinedbyC.J.GaddinUET6/Ⅱ,buthasnotbeenotherwisepublishedtotheauthor'sknowledge,exceptforbriefcomments.
简介:TheJOURNALOFANCIENTCIVILIZATIONS(JAC)ispublishedannuallybytheInstitutefortheHistoryofAncientCivilizations(northeastnormaluniversity,Changchun,JilinProvince,People’sRepublicofChina).Thisyear,weareproudtopresentthe30thvolumetotheacademicaudience.Firstissuedin1986afterthefoundationof
简介:Intwopreviouspaperspublishedintheprecedingvolumesofthisjournal,differentaspectsoftheuseofforeigncourtsbyGreekcitiesintheHellenisticPeriodhavebeenstudied.InJAC7,anattemptwasmadetosettheroleofforeigncourtsagainstthewiderbackgroundofthedevelopmentofpoliticalinstitutionsandpracticesinthecourseoftheHellenisticperiod.InJAC8theuseofforeignjudgesbySeleucidsubjectcitieswasreconsideredinthelightoftherevisionofanimportantinscriptionfromPriene.Inthisthirdpaper,theevolutionoftheuseofforeigncourtsbyGreekcitiesinthecourseofthethirdcenturywillbeconsideredinformaltermsthroughtheanalysisofanotableseriesofinscriptionsfromtheislandofKalymnaintheDodecannesegroup,locatedoffthesouth-westcoastofAsiaMinor.InhisCorpusofinscriptionsfromKalymna(TC),M.Segrecollected,inadditiontotherecordofaKnidianarbitrationbetweenKalymnaanditsKoanprivatecreditors(TC79),fiveinscr