| The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Volume 18: T Contributor(s): Roth, Martha T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1885923422 ISBN-13: 9781885923424 Publisher: Oriental Institute Press OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a one-to-one equivalent between Akkadian and English words. By presenting each word in a meaningful context, usually with a full and idiomatic translation, it recreates the cultural milieu and thus in many ways assumes the function of an encyclopedia. Its source material ranges in time from the third millennium b.c. to the first century a.d., and in geographic area from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Zagros Mountains in the east.The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary has become an invaluable source for the study of the civilizations of the ancient Near East, their political and cultural history, their achievements in the sciences of medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and linguistics, and not least the timeless beauty of their poetry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) |
| Dewey: 492.1 |
| Series: Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the Univers |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 8.21" W x 11.19" (3.48 lbs) 500 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a one-to-one equivalent between Akkadian and English words. By presenting each word in a meaningful context, usually with a full and idiomatic translation, it recreates the cultural milieu and thus in many ways assumes the function of an encyclopedia. Its source material ranges in time from the third millennium BC to the first century AD, and in geographic area from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Zagros Mountains in the east. The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary has become an invaluable source for the study of the civilisations of the ancient Near East, their political and cultural history, their achievements in the sciences of medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and linguistics, and not least the timeless beauty of their poetry. |