TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ephʻal, Israel 
TI  - The city besieged : : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East 
T2  - Culture and history of the ancient Near East ,
SN  - 97890041741089004174109
AV  - UG444  .E6413 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Leiden ; Boston : 
PB  - E. J. Brill, 
KW  - Siege warfare--Middle East.Sieges--Middle East.Military art and science--Middle East--History
N1  - 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
ER  -