Ephʻal, Israel  <br/><br/>
The city besieged :   siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / 
Israel Ephʻal 
 - Leiden ; Boston :   E. J. Brill,   2009 
 - xvii, 113 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Culture and history of the ancient Near East ,  36 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97890041741089004174109 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Siege warfare--Middle East.Sieges--Middle East.Military art and science--Middle East--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UG444   / .E6413 2009