Ugaritic economic tablets: text, translation and notes

Ugaritic Economic Tablets: Text, Translation and Notes provides new translations of more than 800 Late Bronze Age economic texts written in the alphabetic script of the Syrian city of Ugarit. Each translation is accompanied by transliteration as well as commentary, textual notes and up-to-date bibli...

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Published in:Ancient Near Eastern studies / Supplement
Main Author: McGeough, Kevin M. (Author)
Contributors: Smith, Mark S. 1955- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Ugaritic
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Published: Leuven [u.a.] Peeters 2011
In: Ancient Near Eastern studies / Supplement (32)
Reviews:, in: AuOr 29 (2011) 320-322 (Olmo Lete, Gregorio del)
, in: Syria 89 (2012) 403-405 (Vita, Juan-Pablo)
Series/Journal:Ancient Near Eastern studies / Supplement 32
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ugarit / Cuneiform text / Business records
B Economy
IxTheo Classification:TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Ugarit (Extinct city) Economic conditions
B Ugaritic language Vocabulary
B Ugaritic language Grammar
B Spring
B Thesis
B Bibliography
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Summary:Ugaritic Economic Tablets: Text, Translation and Notes provides new translations of more than 800 Late Bronze Age economic texts written in the alphabetic script of the Syrian city of Ugarit. Each translation is accompanied by transliteration as well as commentary, textual notes and up-to-date bibliography. The texts are grouped according to findspot and indexed by both publication numbers and excavation numbers allowing for easy reference. An extended introduction discusses some of the grammatical and historical problems with interpreting these texts. Produced as a companion volume to McGeough's Exchange Relationships at Ugarit and edited by Mark S. Smith, this volume will be of use to Ugaritic specialists, Near Eastern studies and Biblical scholars, historians of ancient economics, and students new to Ugaritic studies or economic history/anthropology
Item Description:Texte ugaritisch und engl., Komm. engl
ISBN:9042922710