How to be an Assyriologist? : Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 2

How to be an Assyriologist? : Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 2

Unlike works inherited from Greek or Roman Antiquity, writings from Mesopotamian civilization all come from excavations. Assyriologists work with clay tablets engraved with cuneiform characters. They piece together fragments of texts and organize them chronologically and geographically to gradually...

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Main Author: Dominique Charpin (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Collège de France 2017
Subjects:
Biography & True Stories
Mesopotamia
Ancient Near East
Egyptology
assyriology
archaeology
philology
cuneiform writing
history of civilizations
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Summary:Unlike works inherited from Greek or Roman Antiquity, writings from Mesopotamian civilization all come from excavations. Assyriologists work with clay tablets engraved with cuneiform characters. They piece together fragments of texts and organize them chronologically and geographically to gradually construct not only a political but also a social, economic and cultural history of Mesopotamia. The task is immense, and requires a multidisciplinary approach combining archaeology, epigraphy, philology, and history.
ISBN:books.cdf.4922
9782722604575
Access:Open Access

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