THE CAMBRIDGE

ANCIENT HISTORY

VOLUME III
PART 2

Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008

Downloaded from Cambridge Histories Online by IP 190.85.110.99 on Tue Jul 07 09:28:57 BST 2015.
http://universitypublishingonline.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139054294
Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015
 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
Downloaded from Cambridge Histories Online by IP 190.85.110.99 on Tue Jul 07 09:28:57 BST 2015.
http://universitypublishingonline.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139054294
Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015
 THE CAMBRIDGE
ANCIENT HISTORY
SECOND EDITION

VOLUME III

PART 2

The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and

other States of the Near East, from the Eighth
to the Sixth Centuries B . C .

Edited by
JOHN BOARDMAN F . B . A .

Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art, in the University of Oxford

I. E. S. E D W A R D S F . B . A .

Formerly Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities. The British Museum

N. G . L. H A M M O N D F . B . A .

Professor Emeritus of Greek, University of Bristol

The Late E. S O L L B E R G E R F . B . A .

Formerly Keeper of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum

With the assistance of C. B. F. W A L K E R

Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum

g § § CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS

Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008

Downloaded from Cambridge Histories Online by IP 190.85.110.99 on Tue Jul 07 09:28:57 BST 2015.
http://universitypublishingonline.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139054294
Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015
P U B L I S H E D BY T H E PRESS S Y N D I C A T E O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F C A M B R I D G E

The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United K i n g d o m

C A M B R I D G E U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS

T h e Edinburgh Building, Cambridge C B 2 2 R U , U K

40 W e s t 2 0 t h Street, New Y o r k , N Y 1 0 0 1 1 - 4 2 1 1 , U S A
4 7 7 W i l l i a m s t o w n Road, Port Melbourne, V I C 3 2 0 7 , Australia
Ruiz de Alarcon 1 3 , 2 8 0 1 4 Madrid, Spain
D o c k H o u s e , The Waterfront, Cape Town 8 0 0 1 , South Africa

http://www.cambridge.org

© Cambridge University Press 1 9 9 1

This b o o k is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception

and t o the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,
n o reproduction of any part may take place w i t h o u t
the w r i t t e n permission of Cambridge University Press.

First published 1 9 9 1
Sixth printing 2 0 0 6

Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridg e

L i b r a r y of Congress catalogue card number: 6 8 - 1 8 3 4 3

British Library Cataloguing in Publication data

The Cambridge ancient history. - 2 n d edn.
Vol.3
Pt. 2 T h e A s s y r i a n and Babylonian empires and other states
of the N e a r East, from the eighth to the sixth centuries b.c.
1. W o r l d , ancient period
I. Boardman, J o h n
930

L i b r a r y of Congress catalogue card number: 7 5 - 8 5 7 1 9

ISBN 0 521 2 2 7 1 7 8 hardback

SE

Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008

Downloaded from Cambridge Histories Online by IP 190.85.110.99 on Tue Jul 07 09:28:57 BST 2015.
http://universitypublishingonline.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139054294
Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2015