Iron age hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions / by Annick Payne ; edited by H. Craig Melchert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Payne, Annick.

Contributor:

Melchert, H. Craig (Harold Craig), 1945-

Series:

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 29.

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luwian language.

Inscriptions, Luwian.

Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic.

Anatolian languages.

Middle East--Languages.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hieroglyphic Luwian belongs to the Anatolian group of ancient languages and was inscribed primarily on stone, using an indigenous Anatolian pictorial writing system. These Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions were written over a period of centuries in the region of Anatolia and northern Syria. Their authors were primarily the rulers of the so-called Neo-Hittite states, contemporaries and neighbors of early Israel. This volume collects some of the most important and representative of the inscriptions in transliteration and translation, organized by genre. Each text is accompanied by relevant information on provenance, dating, and other points of interest that will engage specialist and nonspecialist alike.

Contents:

""Table of Contents ""; ""List of Abbreviations ""; ""Series Editor's Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. Texts ""; ""2.1 Bilinguals ""; ""2.2 Funerary and Commemorative Inscriptions ""; ""2.3 Building Inscriptions ""; ""2.4 Dedicatory Inscriptions ""; ""2.5 Miscellanea ""; ""Text Publications ""; ""Bibliography ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-299-31689-1

1-58983-658-8

OCLC:

922968120