01198nam a2200181Ia 4500 230823s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97890041741089004174109 eng UG444 .E6413 2009 Ephʻal, Israel 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 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. Siege warfare--Middle East.Sieges--Middle East.Military art and science--Middle East--History. 46449 46449