Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute vol. 2: B - Hardcover

Roth, Martha T.

 
9780918986085: Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute vol. 2: B
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0918986087 ISBN 13: 9780918986085
Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1965

Synopsis

The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a one-to-one equivalent between Akkadian and English words. By presenting each word in a meaningful context, usually with a full and idiomatic translation, it recreates the cultural milieu and thus in many ways assumes the function of an encyclopedia. Its source material ranges in time from the third millennium BC to the first century AD, and in geographic area from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Zagros Mountains in the east. The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary has become an invaluable source for the study of the civilisations of the ancient Near East, their political and cultural history, their achievements in the sciences of medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and linguistics, and not least the timeless beauty of their poetry.

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Publisher
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Publication date
1965
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0918986087
ISBN 13 
9780918986085
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
366