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The Elements of Hittite

By: Theo van den Hout

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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.

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Cambridge University Press

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113950178X

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9781139501781

A History of Hittite Literacy

Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC)

By: Theo van den Hout

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A History of Hittite Literacy

Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC)

By: Theo van den Hout

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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Cambridge University Press

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1108849199

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9781108849197

The Purity of Kingship

An Edition of Cht 569 and Related Hittite Oracle Inquiries of Tuth̬aliya IV

By: Theo P. J. van den Hout

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The Purity of Kingship

An Edition of Cht 569 and Related Hittite Oracle Inquiries of Tuth̬aliya IV

By: Theo P. J. van den Hout

The focus of this work is the importance of mental and physical purity in religious matters. For the Hittites, religious matters come close to daily life, and in this case the 'daily life' of the King of the Hittites is the subject of study. In the unique group of texts brought together here for the first time, the Great King himself (the person nearest to the gods) was felt contaminated. Professor Van Den Hout investigates the fascinating rituals and background connected with this situation.

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