The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Volume 18: T (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781885923424)

The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a one-to-one equivalent between Akkadian and English words. By presenting each word in a meaningful context, usually with a full and idiomatic translation, it recreates the cultural milieu and thus in many ways assumes the function of an encyclopedia. Its source material ranges in time from the third millennium BC to the first century AD, and in geographic area from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Zagros Mountains in the east. The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary has become an invaluable source for the study of the civilisations of the ancient Near East, their political and cultural history, their achievements in the sciences of medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and linguistics, and not least the timeless beauty of their poetry.

Author: Martha T. Roth
ISBN-10: 1885923422
ISBN-13: 9781885923424
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 510
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.48lbs
Size: 11.19h x 8.21w x 1.54d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 236