This Festschrift publishes 33 essays which not only reflect Mogens
Trolle Larsen's life-long interest in the Old Assyrian period but also
examine wider aspects of Near Eastern and Egyptian ancient history.
Supported by transcriptions and translations of texts where appropriate,
the well-presented and specialised essays discuss, for example: the role
of writing in Sumerian agriculture; Gudam and the bull of heaven; Old
Anatolian society; Old Assyrian texts with rare terminology; attitudes
and images of ancient Egypt and Egyptology; Amorite vocabulary; a
throneroom; cylinder seals; the fish on a tablet from Babylon; Assur;
runaway slaves; the Assyrian invasion of Egypt in Egyptian literature;
and much more. There is even a paper of Old Icelandic trading problems.
The majority of papers are in English.
