Biggs Robert D Editor (28 results)

paperback. Condition: very good. dj. 116 pages; 9 1/8 x 12" Sticker removed from upper corner of front cove; light fading and wear to spine; the usual library markings on a few pages; bookplate on front jacket flap; some smudges and wear to upper corner of rear jacket near spine. Priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A near fine large 8vo soft cover journal. Light wear or crease to the front bottom corner tip of the wrapper and a few adjoining pages; additional very light corner creases from bumping to the rear of the wrapper and some pages. Still, this copy is a lot closer to being in as new condition than it might sound. In addition to the table of contents and rear ads, Number 4 of this quarterly publication contains pages 297 to 320 of Volume 58.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A near new large 8vo soft cover journal. Touch of rubbing to the spine head and tail edges of an otherwise as new publication. In addition to the table of contents and rear ads, Number 3 of this quarterly publication contains pages 161 to 239 of Volume 58.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. Illustrated. One hundred-first year. Includes The Lyric in the Renaissance: The Use of Ghazals in Persian and Turkish Masnavis by Robert Dankoff, Some Graffitti in the Reign of Hatshepsut by Edward F. Wente, and more.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--A few pencil marks in the books received section. Illustrated. Articles topics include Brinkman on Mesopotamia; Donner on early Arabic inscriptions from Al-Hanakiyya; Ritner on a Uterine amulet in the Oriental Institute Collection; Killean on the development of Western grammars of Arabic; Zittler on the small shrine of Enlil at Nippur; Pardee on three Ugaritic tablet joins; and Whiting on a copper coin of Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud of Hamuh. pp169-262. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. A few "X's" in the books received section. B/W illustrations and a map. Articles include "Islamic Civilization and the Legend of Political Failure" by Christie Hess Andrew, "The Cult of Aserah / Elat at Sidon" by John Wilson Betlyon, "Mernaptah's Israel" by W. W. Ahlstrom and D. Edelman, and more. Book Reviews. 79p.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. Illustrated. Articles include: Shah Wali Allah's Theory of the Subtle Spiritual Centers (Lata'if): A Sufi Model of Personhood and Self-Transformation by Marcia K. Hermansen; MLS HKRSYM in Phoenician Inscriptions from Cyprus, the QRSY in Arad, HKRSYM in Egypt, and BNY QYRS in the Bible by Yosel Garfinkel; A New Engraved Tridacna Shell from Kish by David S. Reese; The Historical Setting of the Uruk Prophecy by Jonathan A. Goldstein. Book Reviews. 80p. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. Illustrated. Articles include: Urbanization and the Organization of Animal Production at Tell Jemmeh in the Middle Bronze Age Levant by Paula Wapnish and Brian Hesse; New Light on the Lunar Crescent Visibility Table of Ya'qub ibn Tariq by Jan P. Hogendijk; A Comparison of Arabic and Early Egyptian Contract Formularies, Part III: The Idiom of Satisfaction by Gladys Frantz-Murphy; A New Manuscript Join in the "Festival of Wood Offering (Temple Scroll XXIII) by Michael O. Wise; A Mathematical Approach to Certain Dynastic Spans in the Sumerian King List by Dwight D. Young; Book Reviews. pp81-157.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. Articles include Turkish Mosque Orientation and the Secular Variation of the Magnetic Declination by Frank E. Barmore; A Comparison of the Arabic and Earlier Egyptian Contract Formularies, Part II: Terminology; Correspondences osiriennes entre les temples d'Opet et de Khonsou by Jean Claude Degardin; A propos de l'origine du nom de la Syrie by Christian Cannuyer; Hittite hashas by Charles Carter; The Significance of Aramaic 4<*n. Reviews. pp81-163. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. Illustrated. Articles include "Climatic Change and the Eleventh-Tenth Century Eclipse of Assyria and Bablonia" (Neumann and Parpola), "Proportional Guidelines in Ancient Near Eastern Art" (Azarpay), and "'Stative,' Predicative, Form, Pseudo-Verb" (Huehnergard). Book Reviews. pp161-244. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. Sun line at the bottom. Corner crease on cover. Illustrated. Articles include: The Agricultural Economy of an Old Kingdom Town in Egypt's West Delta: Insights from the Plant Remains by Marie-Francine Moens & Wilma Wetterstrom; Some Notes on Tahnik in Medieval Islam by Avner Gil 'Adi; The Lunar Date of Ramesses II by Lee W. Casperson; Athletic Contests in Hittite Religious Festivals by Charles Carter; book reviews. pp159-240. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages 81 to 201 (page numbers continue from previous issue). 241 x 168 mm.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good-. Octavo, red library cloth with gold lettering, original paper covers bound in, ii, 81-158, ii, 159-239, x, 240-320 pp., b/w photos and drawings Articles are "A Last Minute Revision to Sargon's Letter to the God," Katheryn F. Kravitz, "Nahum, Nienveh, and the Nile: The Description of Thebes in Nahum 3:8-9," John R. Huddleston, "'The Breathing Permit of Hor' among the Joseph Smith Papyri," Robert K. Ritner, "La description geographique de la Palestine dans le Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik d'Abu Ubayd al-Bakari (m. 487/1094)," Jean-Charles Ducene, "General Reckoning in Hesiod and in the Pentateuch," John C. Poirier, "Mamluk Investment in Southern Bilad al-Sham in the Eighth/ Fourteenth Century: The Case of Hisban," Bethany J. Walker, "The Words of the Alewife at Line 42 of Hesiod's 'Works and Days,'" F.S. Naiden, "Der Furchtsame und der Unschuldige: Über zwei sozio-juristische Begriffe aus dem alten Äegypten," Shoufu, Jin, "Revealed but Undiscovered: A New Letter to the Dead," Jiri Janak. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Contents: A Genizah Letter from Rhodes Evidently Concerning the Reconquest of Crete; Rituals of Ebla II, ì-gis sag: A Purification Ritual or Anointing of the Head?; and Notes on Sumerian Sexual Lyric. 76 pages, including Book Reviews and an alphabetical list of books received. Ads in the back from this and other publishers' books and journals.…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good-. Octavo, red library cloth with gold lettering, 320 pp., b/w photos and drawings Articles are "'The Name 'Agrigentum' in a Punic Inscription (CIS I 5510.10)," Philip C. Schmitz, "The Anointing of Officials in Ancient Egypt," Stephen E. Thompson, "A Phoenician Bronze Seal from Hurbat Rosh Zayit," Zvi Gal, "On Linguistic Dating of the Phoenician Ahiram Inscription (KAI 1), Edward M. Cook, "Marsh Formationin the Borsippa Rwegion and the Course of the lower Euphrates," Steven W. Cole, "The 'samanu' Disease in Babylonian Medicine," J.V. Kinnier Wilson, "An Arabic Document of Acknowledgement from the Cairo Genizah," Geoffrey Khan, "Spirantization in Fith-Century B.C. Noerth-West Semitic," Yoshi Muchiki, "The Elusive, Inherited Symbolism in the Arcade Illuminations of the Moses Ben Asher Codex (A.D. 894-95)," Dalia Levit-Tawil, "Crossing the Waters: Moses and Hamilcar," Stanislav Segert, "Another Look at Large Numbers in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions," David M. Fouts, "The Astronomical Evidence for Dating the End of the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt to the Early Millenium: A Reassessment," Lynn E. Rose, "Deux Tablettes Elamites de L'Universite de Fribourg," Francois Vallat, "Irony and the Unity of the Gilgamesh Epic," Nicola Vulpe, "An Unpublished Stone Palette," Catherine Sease and David S. Reese.…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good-. Octavo, red library cloth with gold lettering, original paper covers bound in, 80, 81-160, 161-240, x, 241-320 pp., b/w photos and drawings Articles are "Assyrian King-Lists, the Royal Tombs of Ur, and Indus Origins," Julian Reade, "Muahmmad Said: 'You Are Only a Jew from the Jews of Sepphoris': Allegations of the Jewish Ancestry of Some Umayyads," Seth Ward, "Arabic Documents from the Red Sea Port of Quseir in the Seventh/Thirteenth Century, Part 2: Shipping Notes and Account Records," Li Guo, "State Formation Theory and the Kingdom of Israel," Daniel Master, "An Achaemenid Royal Inscription: The Text of Paragraph 13 of the Aramaic Version of the Bisitun Inscription," Jan Tavernier, "'Wandering About' as a 'Topos' of Depression in Ancient Near Eastern Literature and in the Bible," Michael L. Barre, "'To Go and Marry Any Man That You Please': A Study of the Formulaic Antecedents of the Rabbinic Writ of Divorce," Shalom E. Holtz, "The Scorpion Spell from Wadi Hammamat: Another Aramiac Text in Demotic Script," Richard C. Steiner, "Ayyubid and Maluk Coins Preserved in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago," Warren C. Scultz.…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good-. Octavo, red library cloth with gold lettering, original paper covers bound in, 79, 80-160, 161-239, 240-320 pp., b/w photos and drawings Articles are "'The Title 'Priest of Heket; during the Egyptian Old Kingdom," Barta, Miroslav, "Al-Mutawakkil's Damascus: A New Abbasid Capital?' Cobb, Paul M., "The Issue of Authenticity regarding the Traditions of al-Wiqidi as Established in His Kitab al-Maghazi," Faizer, Rizwi S., "The Seal of Ariyaramma in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto," Garrison, Mark B., "Documents from the Red Sea Port of Quseir in the Seventh/ Thirteen Century, Part 1: Business Letters," Guo, Li, "Die Planeten-Hypsomata in einem babylonischen Sternenkatalog," Koch, Johannes, "Small Ungulate Butchery in the Islamic Period at Tell Tuneinir Syria," Loyet, Michelle, "West Semitic Terms in Akkadian Texts from Emar," Pentiuc, "The Ancient Synagogue as an Economic Center," Rosenfeld, Ben-Zion and Joseph Menirav, "Ceremony and Submission: The Symbolic Representaiton and Recognition of Legitimacy in Tenth Century al-Andalus," Safran, Janina M.…

Seite 81 - 201, kart., sehr gut Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 220.

The University of Chicago Press, 2 paperbacks, Very Good to Near Fine [dp 0706]; H1636.

The University of Chicago Press, 4 paperbacks, Very Good to Near Fine, pages 1 - 319 [dp 0706]; H1639.

The University of Chicago Press, 4 paperbacks, Very Good to Near Fine, pages 1 - 356 [dp 0706]; H1638.

The University of Chicago Press, 4 paperbacks, Very Good to Near Fine, pages 1 - 326 [dp 0706]; H1637.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 366 pages. 11.25x8.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 617 pages. 11.50x8.00x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 434 pages. 11.50x9.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.