On Sippar's Quay: Cuneiform Tablets with Aramaic Inscriptions from the Böhl Collection in Leiden

Bastian Still; Rieneke Sonnevelt

doi:10.1515/za-2020-0008

On Sippar's Quay: Cuneiform Tablets with Aramaic Inscriptions from the Böhl Collection in Leiden

Bastian Still, Rieneke Sonnevelt

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In this article we publish and study three Neo-Babylonian cuneiform texts from the Böhl Collection that contain Aramaic inscriptions. Deriving from the same archival context, these tablets bring to life the complex social fabric of Sippar's entrepreneurial harbour community and its multilinguistic landscape. We argue that the appearance of alphabetic inscriptions in this setting is not a coincidence and tells us more about the role of Aramaic in Babylonian society at the time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-110
Number of pages	17
Journal	Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaeologie
Volume	110
Issue number	1
Early online date	3 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/za-2020-0008
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

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