简介:FollowingtherecentpublicationandcriticaldiscussionofseveraltreatiesoftheOldBabylonianperiod,theattentionofOldBabylonianstudieshasbeendrawntotreatytexts.TheearliestpublishedtreatydocumentfromMesopotamia,tomyknowledge,isatreatybetweenthecityofShadlashandthecityofNeribtum,datedtothebeginningoftheOldBabyloniandynasty,publishedandtranslatedbyS.GreengusinOldBabylonianTabletsfromIschchaliandVicinity,1979(hereafter,Greengus).InwhatfollowsIpresentafurtherreadingofthetabletwithcriticalnotesandadetaileddiscussionofitscontents,inordertoattractmoreattentiontothislaconic,difficult(becauseofitsincompletecontext),andinterestingtext.Unlikelatertreatiesbetweentwokings,thistreatywasmadebetweentwocities,althoughtherulersofthecitiesarealsomentionedinthetreaty.
简介:铜爵是二里头文化至西周文化时期最重要的铜礼器之一,不同时期和不同地域出土的铜爵在铸造过程中所采用的的铸型分范技术既一脉相承,又各具地方特色。使用者的个人需求影响了工匠的技术选择,铸造技术的发展及不同技术的选择决定了铜爵最终的器物形态。