Tablets Reveal Amorite Language

While the biblical writers remembered them as a legendary people of Canaan who had descended from giants (see p. 52), the Amorites were a nomadic people from Syria, first attested in the third millennium BCE, who became one of the most powerful groups within Mesopotamia. Indeed, many of the famous M...

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Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2023
In: The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2023, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 13
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Biblical archaeology
Further subjects:B TABLETS (Paleography)
B Mesopotamia
B AMORITE language
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Summary:While the biblical writers remembered them as a legendary people of Canaan who had descended from giants (see p. 52), the Amorites were a nomadic people from Syria, first attested in the third millennium BCE, who became one of the most powerful groups within Mesopotamia. Indeed, many of the famous Mesopotamian kings from this period, […]
ISSN:0098-9444
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review