CLA/WLIT 196
Ancient Lyric Poetry

Useful Reference Works in Bailey/Howe

(At present this list duplicates the one on the syllabus, but in time will incorporate Greek / Roman reference works)

REPUTABLE REFERENCE WORKS (mostly in reference area, first floor Bailey/Howe)

Amiet, P./Richard, N. N., Art of the ancient Near East (New York, 1980). N5345 .A7413 1980
Averbeck, R. E./Chavalas, M. W./Weisberg, D. B., Life and culture in the ancient Near East (Bethesda, Md., 2003). DS54 .L54 2003
Baines, J./Málek, J., Cultural atlas of Ancient Egypt (New York, 2000). DT60 .B34 2000
Bertman, S., Handbook to life in ancient Mesopotamia (New York NY, 2003). DS69.5.B47 2003
Bienkowski, P./Millard, A. R., Dictionary of the ancient Near East (Philadelphia, 2000). DS56 .D5 2000
Bierbrier, M. L., Historical dictionary of ancient Egypt (Lanham, Md., 1999). DT83 .B56 1999
Black, J. A./Green, A., Gods, demons and symbols of ancient Mesopotamia : an illustrated dictionary (Austin, 1992). BL1615 .B53 1992
Collon, D., First impressions: cylinder seals in the ancient Near East (Chicago and London, 1988). CD5344 .C58 1988
David, A. R., Handbook to life in ancient Egypt (New York, 2003). DT83 .D23 2003
Eberling, E./Meissner, B., Reallexikon der Assyriologie (Berlin ; New York, 1981). DS69.1 .R4 1981
Gray, J., Near Eastern mythology (New York, N.Y., 1985). BL1060 .G7 1985
Leick, G., A dictionary of ancient Near Eastern architecture (London ; New York, 1988). NA212 .L45 1988
Leick, G., Who's who in the Ancient Near East (London ; New York, 1999). DS61.5 .L45 1999
Lurker, M., The gods and symbols of ancient Egypt : an illustrated dictionary (New York, NY, 1980). BL2428 .L8713 1980
Meyers, E. M./American Schools of Oriental Research., The Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East (New York, 1997). DS56 .O9 1997
Pfeiffer, C. F., The Biblical world, a dictionary of Biblical archaeology (Grand Rapids,, 1966). BS622 .P4
Pritchard, J. B., The ancient Near East in pictures relating to the Old Testament (Princeton, N. J.,, 1969). BS1180 .P832 1969
Pritchard, J. B., The ancient Near East; supplementary texts and pictures relating to the Old Testament (Princeton, N.J.,, 1969). BS1180 .P826
Pritchard, J. B., Ancient Near Eastern texts : relating to the Old Testament (Princeton, N.J., 1969). BS1180 .P83 1969
Redford, D. B., The ancient gods speak : a guide to Egyptian religion (Oxford ; New York, 2002). BL2428 .A53 2002
Roaf, M., Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East (New York, 1990). DS69.5 .R63 1990
Ry van Beest Holle, C. J. d., Art of the ancient Near and Middle East (New York,, 1970). DS56 .R913
Sasson, J. M., Civilizations of the ancient Near East (New York, 1995). DS57 .C55 1995
Shaw, I./Nicholson, P. T., The dictionary of ancient Egypt (New York, 1995). DT58 .S55 1995