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A History of Hittite Literacy - Couverture souple

Hout, Theo Van Den

 
9781108816496: A History of Hittite Literacy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108816495 ISBN 13 : 9781108816496
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Why did the Anatolians remain illiterate for so long, although surrounded by people using script? Why and how did they eventually adopt the cuneiform writing system and why did they still invent a second, hieroglyphic script of their own? What did and didn't they write down and what role did Hittite literature, the oldest known literature in any Indo-European language, play? These and many other questions on scribal culture are addressed in this first, comprehensive book on writing, reading, script usage, and literacy in the Hittite kingdom (c.1650–1200 BC). It describes the rise and fall of literacy and literature in Hittite Anatolia in the wider context of its political, economic, and intellectual history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Theo van den Hout is Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor of Hittite and Anatolian Languages in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. He is the Chief Editor of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary project, corresponding member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, Senior Fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World in New York, and the author of various books.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108816495
ISBN 13 
9781108816496
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
454
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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