New Publication: Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition
We are delighted to announce the recent publication of Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition, by Mary Frazer
22.07.2024
Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mespotamian Tradition reconsiders the question of the authenticity of the letters attributed to earlier royal 
correspondents that were studied in Assyrian and Babylonian scribal centres ca. 700–100 BCE. By scrutinizing the letters’ contents, language, possible transmission histories ca. 1400–100 BCE and the epistemic limitations of authenticity criticism, Mary Frazer grounds scepticism about the letters’ authenticity in previously undiscussed features of the texts. It also provides a new foundation for research into the related questions of when and why these beguiling texts were composed in the first place.