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Why did the Anatolians remain illiterate for so long, although
surrounded by people using script? Why and how did they eventually
adopt the cuneiform writing system and why did they still invent a
second, hieroglyphic script of their own? What did and didn't they
write down and what role did Hittite literature, the oldest known
literature in any Indo-European language, play? These and many
other questions on scribal culture are addressed in this first,
comprehensive book on writing, reading, script usage, and literacy
in the Hittite kingdom (c.1650-1200 BC). It describes the rise and
fall of literacy and literature in Hittite Anatolia in the wider
context of its political, economic, and intellectual history.
Hittite is the earliest attested Indo-European language and was the
language of a state which flourished in Asia Minor in the second
millennium BC. This exciting and accessible introductory course,
which can be used in both trimester and semester systems, offers in
ten lessons a comprehensive introduction to the grammar of the
Hittite language with ample exercises both in transliteration and
in cuneiform. It includes a separate section of paradigms, a
grammatical index, as well as a list of every cuneiform sign used
in the book. A full glossary can be found at the back. The book has
been designed so that the cuneiform is not essential and can be
left out of any course if so desired. The introduction provides the
necessary cultural and historical background, with suggestions for
further reading, and explains the principles of the cuneiform
writing system.
Hittite is the earliest attested Indo-European language and was the
language of a state which flourished in Asia Minor in the second
millennium BC. This exciting and accessible introductory course,
which can be used in both trimester and semester systems, offers in
ten lessons a comprehensive introduction to the grammar of the
Hittite language with ample exercises both in transliteration and
in cuneiform. It includes a separate section of paradigms, a
grammatical index, as well as a list of every cuneiform sign used
in the book. A full glossary can be found at the back. The book has
been designed so that the cuneiform is not essential and can be
left out of any course if so desired. The introduction provides the
necessary cultural and historical background, with suggestions for
further reading, and explains the principles of the cuneiform
writing system.
Why did the Anatolians remain illiterate for so long, although
surrounded by people using script? Why and how did they eventually
adopt the cuneiform writing system and why did they still invent a
second, hieroglyphic script of their own? What did and didn't they
write down and what role did Hittite literature, the oldest known
literature in any Indo-European language, play? These and many
other questions on scribal culture are addressed in this first,
comprehensive book on writing, reading, script usage, and literacy
in the Hittite kingdom (c.1650-1200 BC). It describes the rise and
fall of literacy and literature in Hittite Anatolia in the wider
context of its political, economic, and intellectual history.
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