Principles of Akkadian textual criticism / Martin Worthington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worthington, Martin.

Series:

Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Akkadian language--Texts.

Akkadian language.

Assyro-Babylonian literature--Criticism, Textual.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

Transmission of texts.

Akkadian language--Writing.

Akkadian philology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.--Cover.

Contents:

Front matter

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-334) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613941701

9781501513251

1501513257

9781283629256

1283629259

9781614510567

1614510563

OCLC:

812253918