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050			_aUG444 _b.E6413 2009
100			_aEphʻal, Israel
245		4	_aThe city besieged : _bsiege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / _cIsrael Ephʻal
260			_aLeiden ; Boston : _bE. J. Brill, _c2009
300			_axvii, 113 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
490			_aCulture and history of the ancient Near East , _v36
505			_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.
650			_aSiege warfare--Middle East.Sieges--Middle East.Military art and science--Middle East--History.
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