A colleage of mine brought to my attention a Carthaginian relief, published in Victor von Hagaen, *The Roads that Led to* Rome. The original publication gives...
Dear Daniel, If it's the Galilee that you're interested in, then you're asking about Tiglath-pileser III who invaded Aram and the northern parts of Israel in...
... No. [And I didn't include the western Egyptian desert in the "near east" as it's part of the Sahara belt] ... Yes. ... The road is a path between daily pit...
Ariel L. Szczupak
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Jun 1, 2007 8:24 am
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Dear Daniel, I have been struggling with these issues myself. It is important to realize that rural peasants need cities. They were never self-sufficient. Once...
My understanding is that the Arabic is a translation of the English, in which it was first so designated. I don't have a reference for that at the moment, but...
To: ANE-2 In Response To: Lisbeth Fried On: Depopulation From: Bruce LISBETH: They were never self-sufficient. Once the elite have been deported, the cities...
On 7-8th June, 2007, the following conference will take place at Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, Bielefeld (Germany): "Text und Bild: Trans- und...
The Old Haj caravans through Syria and Northern Arabia averaged about 24 miles a day in the 19th century (Charles Doughty). Doughty left England and learned...
David Hall
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Jun 1, 2007 6:43 pm
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On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, E Bruce Brooks wrote: <snip> ... Ever read William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech? I tell you that the great cities rest upon...
Here is a scan of the relief in question just posted to the web by Al Schlaf. http://www.hyperjump.net/aulus/Carthage%20relief.jpg Bradley A. Skene [Non-text...
... Persepolis ... CJB: That would fit the bill. Do you know of such an inscription? Can you provide a reference for it? ... CJB: No, he did not say where...
Not all the Fortification Tablets are in Elamite. There is at least one in Babylonian, others in Aramaic, and one in Greek. The Greek tablet includes a...
The text of the Persepolis Fortificaton Tablet in Greek was published by Hallock in 1969 on page 2 of Persepolis Fortification Tablets, which, as luck would...
The tablet, Fort. 1771, is mentioned and briefly discussed by Hallock in his Persepolis Fortification Tablets (OIP 92), p. 2: "Two marri$ (of) wine. Tebet". ...
To: ANE-2 In Response To: Bob Whiting On: Collapse of Complex Societies From: Bruce I had doubted whether collapse of the urban center would necessarily entail...
... "A day's distance" usually refers to the distance covered in a day of normal desert walking speed in a non-extreme desert topography and weather, i.e....
Ariel L. Szczupak
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Jun 2, 2007 1:18 pm
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According to the logs, May generated the following message traffic (April numbers in parentheses): Total submissions to list 402 (377) Bounced by Yahoo 36 (27)...
... of Mauritania. Just now I was taking a cigarette break and flipping TV channels when I heard this sentence :) It was a documentary on BBC Prime called ...
Ariel L. Szczupak
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Jun 2, 2007 3:33 pm
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Many thanks to all for the citation -- and to Chuck for the URL to Hallock's publication. Chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
What do I win????? This is indeed a once in a lifetime accomplishment- being on a list with such luminaries.... and on the top of it! ... -- Jim West, ThD ...
It seems like desert travel distances of 50-60 kms were for people in good physical condition on good terrain, probably not during the scorching afternoon heat...
David Hall
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Jun 3, 2007 4:06 am
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If I recall correctly travel distances for large groups of fully loaded infantry are about 25 km/day and can reach 100 km/day for small groups of light load...
Ariel L. Szczupak
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Jun 3, 2007 10:49 am
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Dear all, In light of the Assyrian references to the whip of Adad (eg. Adad- nirari III's Saba'a stele: qi-na-an-zi) and the whip as tribute for Egypt from...
To: ANE-2 In Response To: Ariel On: Travel Across Deserts From: Bruce Ariel remarks that loads and days of travel for armies across hostile and sometime also...
To put things in relief, an English soldier during the desert war (WW II) needed 25 litres of water a day, or so I have heard. Believe it after my fourteen...
Another large set of Etana Cor Texts is coming online. I'll be adding them to the database in groups as they come availabie. New this weekend are: Augapfel,...
Hi, Some of Assurnasirpal II's charioteers are shown with whips (Stommenger/Hirmer Mesopotamien, pl.202) and the religious/magical functionary who wears a lion...
... During World War II in North Africa, infantry soldiers carrying field packs marched at the official U.S. Army speed of two and a half miles (ca. four km.)...
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