TY - JOUR
T1 - On Sippar's Quay
T2 - Cuneiform Tablets with Aramaic Inscriptions from the Böhl Collection in Leiden
AU - Still, Bastian
AU - Sonnevelt, Rieneke
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1515/za-2020-0008
DO - 10.1515/za-2020-0008
M3 - Article
SN - 0084-5299
VL - 110
SP - 94
EP - 110
JO - Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaeologie
JF - Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaeologie
IS - 1
ER -