clay rev albert (3 risultati)

12.25 x 9.25, wraps, 87 pp + list of signs + Cunieform text (72 plates) + photo plates (17 pp), ex lib w/one label to inside back cover, edges chipped, cover edgetoned, ink "vol X" on front cover else vg.

Hardcover. Condizione: 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.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1904 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 218 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 218.