RT Book
T1 A companion to ancient Near Eastern languages
T2 Blackwell companions to the ancient world
A2 Hasselbach, Rebecca
LA English
PP Hoboken
PB Wiley Blackwell
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1677215615
AB "The current volume serves as an introduction to a representative sample of Ancient Near Eastern languages and language families attested during the time period of roughly 3200 BCE to the second century CE. This time-frame reflects the time from the beginning of writing (around 3200 BCE) to the end of cuneiform writing in the second century CE. The geographical scope selected reaches from Egypt through the Levant, Anatolia, northern Syria, Mesopotamia, all the way to southern Arabia and thus reflects all major cultures attested in the Ancient Near East during this time period. Although it was impossible to include a description of all languages attested in this wide geographical area throughout more than three millennia due to limitations in space, at least most language families are represented, such as Egyptian, Sumerian, Semitic, Indo-European, Elamite, and Hurrian"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN P941
SN 9781119193296
K1 Extinct languages : Middle East
K1 Extinct languages : Iraq
K1 Extinct languages : Egypt
K1 Extinct languages : Aksum (Kingdom)
K1 Iraq : Languages
K1 Egypt : Languages
K1 Aksum (Kingdom) : Languages
K1 Middle East : Languages : History
K1 Aufsatzsammlung