On the Practice of Using Year Names in the Old Babylonian documents

Authors

  • Нэлли Владимировна Козырева St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

Abstract

The author tries to examine the real practice of using year names in the Old Babylonian period: how the name of the year was chosen, if it changed during the year after the death of the ruling king or after violent change of the dynasty. To back up her arguments the author adduces the transliteration and translation of the text Stone 1987 22 written after the death of Hammurapi but using the year name of Hammurapi 43 yet.

Keywords:

Ancient Mesopotamia, cuneiform texts, year names, Hammurapi

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Published

2010-12-20

How to Cite

Козырева, Н. В. (2010). On the Practice of Using Year Names in the Old Babylonian documents. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, (4), 50–60. Retrieved from https://aasjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/1987

Issue

No. 4 (2010): Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Series 13. Asian Studies. African Studies

Section

History and source studies

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Articles of "Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies" are open access distributed under the terms of the License Agreement with Saint Petersburg State University, which permits to the authors unrestricted distribution and self-archiving free of charge.