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Author Worthington, Martin.

Title Principles of Akkadian textual criticism / Martin Worthington
Published Boston : De Gruyter, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in ancient Near Eastern records, 2161-4155 ; v. 1
Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 1.
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.--Cover
Analysis Akkadian
Orthography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Assyro-Babylonian literature -- Criticism, Textual
Akkadian language.
Transmission of texts.
Akkadian language -- Writing
Akkadian philology.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
Akkadian language
Akkadian language -- Writing
Akkadian philology
Assyro-Babylonian literature
Transmission of texts
Philologie
Akkadisch
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011277845
ISBN 1614510563
9781614510567
1283629259
9781283629256
1501513257
9781501513251
9786613941701
6613941700