English summary: Old Akkadian is one of the oldest Semitic languages for which verified long text documents still exist. These documents constitute important source material, not only for assyriologists and semitists but also for researchers from associated disciplines. So far, there has been no adequate tool available for accessing this difficult and disparate field. Francis Breyer's Altakkadisches Elementarbuch , the elementary handbook of Old Akkadian, now provides the first comprehensive insight into Old Akkadian ...
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English summary: Old Akkadian is one of the oldest Semitic languages for which verified long text documents still exist. These documents constitute important source material, not only for assyriologists and semitists but also for researchers from associated disciplines. So far, there has been no adequate tool available for accessing this difficult and disparate field. Francis Breyer's Altakkadisches Elementarbuch , the elementary handbook of Old Akkadian, now provides the first comprehensive insight into Old Akkadian language, its cuneiform script and its historical background. Alongside an introduction to the history of research and source material as well as to the history of speech and writing of early Assyro-Babylonian, the volume conveys a basic knowledge of Old Akkadian by means of a compact grammar, glossaries and lists of characters. These can be used in the subsequent exercises. The texts are presented in cuneiform script, transliteration, transcription and in translation and are complemented by a commentary of both language and content. Dedicatory inscriptions, royal inscriptions, letters and commercial documents (including in particular the ManiAtuAu obelisk) are presented in their respective contexts and are explained and supplemented by inscriptions from neighboring cultures. This mixture of chrestomathy, teaching grammar and annotated reader is aimed mainly at students of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Semitic Studies and Theology, but also at historians, archaeologists and linguists who are interested in gaining access to a formative phase of Ancient Near Eastern history and its source material. German description: Das Altakkadische ist eine der altesten semitischen Sprachstufen, aus der langere Texte bezeugt sind. Diese stellen eine wichtige Quelle nicht nur fur Assyriologen und Semitisten, sondern auch fur Forscher aus den Nachbardisziplinen dar. Bislang fehlte jedoch ein adaquates Hilfsmittel, um sich in dieses diffizile und disparate Spezialgebiet einzuarbeiten. Francis Breyers Altakkadisches Elementarbuch vermittelt nun erstmals einen umfassenden Einblick in die altakkadische Sprache und Keilschrift und ihren geschichtlichen Hintergrund. Neben einer Einleitung in Forschungsgeschichte und Quellenlage sowie in Sprach- und Schriftgeschichte des fruhen Assyrisch-Babylonischen werden anhand einer Kurzgrammatik, Glossaren und Zeichenlisten grundlegende Kenntnisse des Altakkadischen vermittelt. Diese konnen direkt auf die darauf folgenden Ubungstexte angewendet werden. Die Texte werden in Keilschrift, Transliteration, Transkription und Ubersetzung gegeben und sprachlich wie inhaltlich kommentiert. Weihinschriften, Konigsinschriften, Briefe und Wirtschaftsurkunden (darunter insbesondere der ManiAtuAu-Obelisk) werden in ihren jeweiligen Kontext eingebettet und erlautert und durch Inschriften der Nachbarkulturen erganzt. Diese Mischung aus Chresthomatie, Lehrgrammatik und kommentiertem Reader wendet sich hauptsachlich an Studierende der Altorientalistik, Semitistik und Theologie, aber auch an Historiker, Archaologen und Sprachwissenschaftler, die sich Zugang zu einer formativen Phase der altorientalischen Geschichte und ihren Quellen verschaffen mochten.
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Fine. Text in German. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 263 p. Language: german-In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
