Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago . Volume 8: (K) (Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the Univers) - Hardcover

Roth, Martha T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0918986141 ISBN 13: 9780918986146

Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1971

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0918986141
• ISBN 13: 9780918986146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 617