The city besieged siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / by Israel Ephʻal.
| Author/creator | Ephʻal, Israel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | xvii, 211 p. : ill, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Ke-ʻir netsurah. English. |
| Series | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 36 Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 36. ^A689855 |
| Contents | Ch 1 Introduction -- What is siege warfare -- Purpose of the book and method of discussion -- Ch 2 Sources -- Literary sources -- Non-literary documents -- Artistic representations of siege warfare -- Archaeological evidence -- Ch 3 Military aspects -- Blockade -- Breakthrough -- Ch 4 Legal and economic aspects -- Introduction -- Babylonian siege documents -- Documents of siege and hardship from Emar -- Legal significance of the hardship formulae -- "Charitable deeds" -- Ch 5 Social aspects -- Between man and God -- Public life. |
| General note | Two printings were published in 2009; one had only the first 113 pages and was probably an error, and the other had 211 pages, with two additional chapters (4 and 5) which match the tables of contents (p. [x-xi) and bibliography and indexes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008048072 |
| ISBN | 9789004174108 |
| ISBN | 9004174109 |