A Dictionary of Cuneiform Luvian (Paperback)

H. Craig Melchert

ISBN 13: 9798987178119

Published by Beech Stave Press Inc, Ann Arbor, 2025

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Paperback. Cuneiform Luvian was a language spoken in the second millennium B.C. in ancient Anatolia, or what is now Turkey. It is preserved in documents written in cuneiform script that are important for our knowledge of language, religion, and culture during the Hittite Empire. A Dictionary of Cuneiform Luvian offers the most up-to-date synthesis of scholarly research on this language's vocabulary, our understanding of which has substantially expanded in recent decades. Every occurrence of every word is presented, together with a grammatical introduction, extensive linguistic and textual commentary, and a full bibliography. Luvian was a language spoken in second millennium B.C. ancient Anatolia, now Turkey, It is preserved in documents written in cuneiform script important for our knowledge of religion and culture during the Hittite Empire. The dictionary includes definitions as well as a grammatical introduction, and extensive linguistic and textual commentary. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dictionary of Cuneiform Luvian (Paperback)
• Publisher: Beech Stave Press Inc, Ann Arbor
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798987178119
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Cuneiform Luvian was a language spoken in the second millennium B.C. in ancient Anatolia, or what is now Turkey. It is preserved in documents written in cuneiform script that are important for our knowledge of language, religion, and culture during the Hittite Empire. A Dictionary of Cuneiform Luvian offers the most up-to-date synthesis of scholarly research on this language's vocabulary, our understanding of which has substantially expanded in recent decades. Every occurrence of every word is presented, together with a grammatical introduction, extensive linguistic and textual commentary, and a full bibliography.

About the Author

H. Craig Melchert is Professor of Linguistics Emeritus at UCLA and a renowned specialist in the Indo-European languages of ancient Anatolia. Among his many other publications are A Dictionary of the Lycian Language (2004) and the co-edited volume Munus Amicitiae (2014) in honor of Norbert Oettinger, both also published by Beech Stave Press. The author currently resides in Carrboro, North Carolina.