Fritz Hommel Ordre des livres

This historic book may contain numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed or illustrated. The text discusses a significant collection related to Assurbanipal, detailing wooden artifacts and items, with a focus on their origins from locations such as Magan, Miluch, Ur, Akkad, and Nitut (the island of Dilmun). The consistent mention of these places follows a specific order: South (Magan and Ur) and North (Miluch and Akkad), indicating a shared historical context with other works, particularly those related to astrology. The text also lists various types of ships, reflecting an earlier stage of religious development familiar to collectors and translators from the end of the 3rd millennium. The syncretism observed in later periods, as seen in surviving deity lists, suggests that earlier lists served as foundational sources for the later compilations from Asarhaddon's time. This implies that numerous collections, including sign compilations, likely existed during the old Babylonian period, as evidenced by the translations of ancient and neo-Sumerian religious texts into Semitic languages.