The city besieged : (Record no. 45546)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 97890041741089004174109 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | UG444 |
| Item number | .E6413 2009 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ephʻal, Israel |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The city besieged : |
| Remainder of title | siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Israel Ephʻal |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Leiden ; Boston : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | E. J. Brill, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 113 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Culture and history of the ancient Near East , |
| Volume/sequential designation | 36 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Siege warfare--Middle East.Sieges--Middle East.Military art and science--Middle East--History. |
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