Author: George Aaron BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuneiform inscriptions
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Origin and Development of Babylonian Writing
Author: George Aaron BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuneiform inscriptions
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Charles HaltonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110705205X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.
The Origin and Development of Babylonian Writing: A genealogical table of Babylonian and Assyrian signs with indices
Author: George Aaron BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuneiform inscriptions
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Origin and Development of Babylonian Writing
Author: George Aaron BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuneiform inscriptions
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia
Author: Dominique CharpinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226101592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization—home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. The Code was only part of a rich juridical culture from 2200–1600 BCE that saw the invention of writing and the development of its relationship to law, among other remarkable firsts. Though ancient history offers inexhaustible riches, Dominique Charpin focuses here on the legal systems of Old Babylonian Mesopotamia and offers considerable insight into how writing and the law evolved together to forge the principles of authority, precedent, and documentation that dominate us to this day. As legal codes throughout the region evolved through advances in cuneiform writing, kings and governments were able to stabilize their control over distant realms and impose a common language—which gave rise to complex social systems overseen by magistrates, judges, and scribes that eventually became the vast empires of history books. Sure to attract any reader with an interest in the ancient Near East, as well as rhetoric, legal history, and classical studies, this book is an innovative account of the intertwined histories of law and language.
The Epic of Gilgamish
Author: Reginald Campbell ThompsonPublisher:
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Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Reading and Writing in Babylon
Author: Dominique CharpinPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674049683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Shows how hundreds of thousands of clay tablets testify to the history of an ancient society that communicated broadly through letters to gods, insightful commentary, and sales receipts. This book includes many passages, offered in translation, that allow readers an illuminating glimpse into the lives of Babylonians.
The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing
Author: Henry Noel HumphreysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabets
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Code of Hammurabi
Author: HammurabiPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781973773627
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall basalt stele in the Akkadian language in the cuneiform script. One of the first written codes of law in recorded history. These laws were written on a stone tablet standing over eight feet tall (2.4 meters) that was found in 1901.
A Bibliography on Writing and Written Language
Author: Konrad EhlichPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110889358
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2896
Book Description
The bibliography offers information on research about writing and written language over the past 50 years. No comprehensive bibliography on this subject has been published since Sattler's (1935) handbook. With a selection of some 27,500 titles it covers the most important literature in all scientific fields relating to writing. Emphasis has been placed on the interdisciplinary organization of the bibliography, creating many points of common interest for literacy experts, educationalists, psychologists, sociologists, linguists, cultural anthropologists, and historians. The bibliography is organized in such a way as to provide the specialist as well as the researcher in neighboring disciplines with access to the relevant literature on writing in a given field. While necessarily selective, it also offers information on more specialized bibliographies. In addition, an overview of norms and standards concerning 'script and writing' will prove very useful for non-professional readers. It is, therefore, also of interest to the generally interested public as a reference work for the humanities.