Weaponry in the Old Babylonian texts from Mari in the light of archaeological and iconographic data

Student: Anastasiia Grishchenko

Educational Programme: Assyriology (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2024

The cuneiform texts discovered in the city of Mari offer a rich source for studying the material culture of this city and surrounding areas, shedding light on the military aspects of life, particularly in relation to weaponry. This study attempts to analyze a corpus of texts from the royal palace of Mari, seeking to establish connections between the words and descriptions used for weapons and the archaeological and iconographic evidence available. This correlation has not been comprehensively undertaken previously. The study focuses on the main types of weapons and their description in texts and their possible parallels in material culture. The research presented an analysis of the terms for weapons, their context, the weapons themselves.

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