Audias fabulas veteres
Subtitle: Anatolian studies in honor of Jana Součková-Siegelová
By: edited by Šárka Velhartická
Contributors: Siegelová, Jana, honouree
Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East -- volume 79; Culture and history of the ancient Near East -- v. 79.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9789004312609; 9789004312616
Subjects: Civilization; Antiquities; Study and teaching; Anatolian languages; Texts; Study skills
Description: "The publication Audias fabulas veteres : Anatolian studies in honor of Jana Součková-Siegelová contains 31 contributions on current research topics in the fields of ancient Anatolian and Near Eastern languages, history, religion, and literature. The topics cover not only the main languages of this geographical area, such as Hittite, (Hieroglyphic) Luwian, Hattian and Hurrian, but also Akkadian, Sumerian, comparative linguistics and the latest methods of digitalising cuneiform texts, as well as religion, mythology and divinities, e.g. rituals, proverbs, analysis of geographical and historical documentation, and considerations on Luwain inscriptions and their interpretation. Finally, it offers new analyses of some of the most remarkable texts and text passages of the ancient Anatolian literary tradition"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 482-484) and index.