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

• Autore: Worthington Martin
• Pubblicazione: Boston ; ; Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 892/.1
• Soggetto topico: Akkadian language; Assyro-Babylonian literature - Criticism, Textual; Transmission of texts; Akkadian language - Writing; Akkadian philology
• Soggetto non controllato: Akkadian; Orthography
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Principles of Akkadian textual criticism
• ISBN: 1-5015-1325-7; 1-283-62925-9; 1-61451-056-3; 9786613941701
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786343203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)