Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W. G. Lambert, Part One
Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W. G. Lambert, Part One W. G. Upon his death in 2011, Lambert bequeathed his academic legacy to A. R. Lambert's line drawings of cuneiform tablets from the British…
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Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W. G. Lambert, Part One
W. G. Upon his death in 2011, Lambert bequeathed his academic legacy to A. R. Lambert's line drawings of cuneiform tablets from the British Museum, together with his meticulous editions of their contents, form a contribution to Assyriology unrivaled in his generation.
He and Junko Taniguchi took over the task of converting the drawings into images suitable for publication.The first of two planned volumes, this book features drawings of 329 cuneiform tablets found in Lambert's academic papers. George, who discovered among its contents approximately 1,400 unpublished pencil drawings. Written by Babylonian and Assyrian scribes between 2500 and 35 BC, the texts in this volume are organized by genre and provided with a descriptive catalogue and indexes.
The contents include commemorative and votive inscriptions, late copies of royal inscriptions and royal correspondence,