Wednesday 10 November 2010

Law, literature and murder in the Ancient Near East: public lecture

This free lecture by Professor Piotr Michalowski, in honour of his late colleague, Raymond Westbrook, will take place at New London Synagogue, 33 Abbey Road, London  NW8 OAT (followed by a reception)


If you wish to attend, please email office@newlondon.org.uk
Tel: 0207 328 1026     office@newlondon.org.uk     www.newlondon.org.uk


The lecture analyses a cuneiform document recording a murder trial of c.1800 BCE. The text is short, but its many twists and turns reveal a fascinating insight into an aristocratic Babylonian family

 Professor Michalowski the George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations at the University of Michigan specializing in the Sumerian and Babylonian literature, languages, history, economics and poetics.  He is also is the editor of the Journal of Cuneiform Studies and President of the International Association of
Assyriologists.


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