01313nam a2200181Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002400077100002100101245009800122260004400220300003500264490005600299505053900355650009900894952012100993999001701114230822s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97890041741089004174109  aeng  aUG444 b.E6413 2009  aEphʻal, Israel  4aThe city besieged : bsiege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East /cIsrael Ephʻal  aLeiden ; Boston : bE. J. Brill, c2009  axvii, 113 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.  aCulture and history of the ancient Near East ,v36  aCh 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.  aSiege warfare--Middle East.Sieges--Middle East.Military art and science--Middle East--History.  00104070aGETSbGETSc GENd2023-08-23g24.50l0oUG444 .E6413 2009p00027110r2023-08-23 00:00:00w2023-08-23yBK  c44643d44643