Principles of Akkadian Textual Criticism / / Martin Worthington.
Errors of many kinds abound in Akkadian writings, but this fact’s far-reaching implications have never been unraveled and systematized. To attempt this is the aim of this book. Drawing on scholarship from other fields, it outlines a framework for the critical evaluation of extant text and the formul...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Some issues of method
- 3 Mechanisms of textual change
- 4 Some patterns in orthography–phonology–morphology
- 5 How easily were scholarship and literature sight-read in the first millennium?
- 6 Some issues of edition and interpretation
- 7 Summary
- 8 References
- Alphabetical index (selective)
- Index locorum