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Principles of Akkadian Textual Criticism / Martin Worthington.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; 1Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781614510512
  • 9781614510567
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 892/.1 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ3701 .W67 2012
  • PJ3701 .W67 2012
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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 formulation of conjectural emendations. Along the way, it explores issues at the interface of orthography, textual transmission, scribal education, grammar, literacy, and literary interpretation.
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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

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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 formulation of conjectural emendations. Along the way, it explores issues at the interface of orthography, textual transmission, scribal education, grammar, literacy, and literary interpretation.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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