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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786343203321

Autore

Worthington Martin

Titolo

Principles of Akkadian textual criticism [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Worthington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2012

ISBN

1-5015-1325-7

1-283-62925-9

1-61451-056-3

9786613941701

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Collana

Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; ; 1

Disciplina

892/.1

Soggetti

Akkadian language

Assyro-Babylonian literature - Criticism, Textual

Transmission of texts

Akkadian language - Writing

Akkadian philology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.