TY - MANSCPT AU - Slanski,Kathryn E. TI - The Babylonian entitlement nars (kudurrus): a study in their form and function SN - 089757060X (pbk, alk. paper) AV - DS69.6 .S57 2003 PY - 2003///] CY - Boston, MA PB - American Schools of Oriental Research KW - Stele (Archaeology) KW - Iraq KW - Babylonia KW - Boundary stones KW - Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian KW - Relief (Sculpture), Assyro-Babylonian KW - fast KW - Grenzstein KW - gnd KW - swd KW - Middle East KW - Babylonien N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-346) and indexes; Rough chronology for Mesopotamian historical periods -- The cuneiform languages of Mesopotamia -- Area measures in field descriptions -- Introduction -- Designation and setting -- The inscriptions : subject and structure -- Form and function -- Formal definition for the Babylonian entitlement nars -- Debatable members of the corpus -- The place of the Babylonian entitlement nars in Mesopotamian culture -- Conclusion -- Appendices UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011343.html ER -