Language & Texts
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Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume S, Fascicule 4 [Paperback]
£32.00ISBN: 9781885923790
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Hittite Dictionary
Volume: S.4
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The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Volume Š, fascicle 3 [Paperback]
Hans G. Guterbock† (Editor); Harry A. Hoffner (Author); Theo P. J. van den Hout (Editor)
£18.50ISBN: 9781885923950
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
The Hittite language is the earliest preserved member of the Indo-European family of languages. It was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor over a five hundred year span (ca. 1650-1180 B.C.) which witnessed the rise, the ... .... Learn More -
Heaven on Earth: Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World [Paperback]
Deena Ragavan (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9781885923967
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Seminars
Volume: 9
The volume is the result of the eighth Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar, held on March 2-3, 2012. Seventeen speakers, from both the US and abroad, examined the interconnections between temples, ritual, and cosmology from a v... .... Learn More -
Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria Between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes [Hardback]
Jan Dusek (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9789004183858
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
The theme of the book stands on the intersection of epigraphy and historical research: the Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions discovered in the vicinity of the Yahwistic sanctuary on Mt. Gerizim and their historical background. The study addresses... .... Learn More -
Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond [Paperback]
Natalie N. May (Editor)
£19.95ISBN: 9781885923905
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: ORIENTAL INSTITUTE SEMINARS
Volume: 8
The eighth in the Oriental Institute Seminar Series, this volume contains papers that emerged from the seminar Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond, held at the Oriental Institute April 8-9, 2011. The purpose of t... .... Learn More -
Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily [Hardback]
Olga Tribulato (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9781107029316
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and L... .... Learn More -
Language and Nature: Papers Presented to John Huehnergard on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday [Paperback]
Rebecca Hasselbach (Editor); Na'ama Pat-El (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9781885923912
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilisation
Volume: 67
This book includes thirty contributions - twenty-nine papers and one artistic contribution - by John's colleagues, former students, and friends, on a variety of topics that represent John's versatility and many interests, includin... .... Learn More -
Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East [Paperback]
Trevor Bryce (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9780415642347
Published by : Routledge Ltd
`There is no king who, just by himself, is truly powerful.' This statement reflects the situation in the Near East at the beginning of the second millennium BC. From the 17th to 12th century BC the Near East was governed by five main kingdoms, ... .... Learn More -
Grammatical Case in the Languages of the Middle East and Beyond: Acts of the International Colloquium Variations, concurrence et evolution des cas dans divers domaines linguistiques, Paris, 2-4 April 2007 [Paperback]
Michèle Fruyt (Author); Michel Mazoyer (Editor); Dennis Pardee (Editor); Michele Fruyt (Editor)
£30.00ISBN: 9781885923844
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilisation
Volume: 64
The volume contains twenty-eight studies of various aspects of the case systems of Sumerian, Hurrian, Elamite, Eblaite, Ugaritic, Old Aramaic, Biblical Hebrew, Indo-European, the languages of the Bisitun inscription, Hittite, Armenian, Sabelli... .... Learn More -
Ugaritic Economic Tablets [Paperback]
Kevin M McGeough (Author);Mark S Smith (Author)
£125.00ISBN: 9789042922716
Published by : Peeters Press
Provides new translations of more than 800 Late Bronze Age economic texts written in the alphabetic script of the Syrian city of Ugarit. Each translation is accompanied by transliteration as well as commentary, textual notes and up-to-date bib... .... Learn More