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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787904003321

Titolo

The El-Amarna correspondence . Volume 1 : a new edition of the cuneiform letters from the site of El-Amarna based on collations of all extant tablets / / collated, transcribed and translated by Anson F. Rainey ; edited by William M. Scheidewind

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28154-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1671 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental Studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik, section 1, Ancient Near East, , 0169-9423 ; ; Volume 110

Disciplina

492/.1

Soggetti

Assyro-Babylonian letters

Akkadian language

Egypt History Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C Sources

Palestine History To 70 A.D Sources

Middle East History To 622 Sources

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- Introduction / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- Discovery, Research, and Excavation of the Amarna Tablets—The Formative Stage / Jana Mynářová -- Bibliography / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- Technical Apparatus / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- The Tell el-Amarna Letters: Transcription and Translation / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- Glossary / Alice Mandell -- Front Matter Volume 2 / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- Introduction / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- Editorial Apparatus / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- Commentary, letter by letter / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L -- References / Anson F. Rainey Z\'L.

Sommario/riassunto

The El-Amarna Correspondence offers a completely new edition of the Amarna Letters based on personal inspection and reading of all the extant tablets. This edition includes new transcriptions and a translation along with an extensive introduction and glossary of the Amarna Letters.