Hittite Diplomatics: Studies in Ancient Document Format and Record Management
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Editorial Symbols -- Bibliographical abbreviations -- General abbreviations -- Editorial symbols used in transliterations and translations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Aim and scope of this study --...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden
Harrassowitz, O
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Studien zu den Bogazköy-Texten
v.57 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Waal, Willemijn J.I: Hittite Diplomatics : Studies in Ancient Document Format and Record Management. - Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, O,c2016 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Editorial Symbols -- Bibliographical abbreviations -- General abbreviations -- Editorial symbols used in transliterations and translations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Aim and scope of this study -- 1.1.1. Diplomatics: a brief introduction -- 1.2. Hittite tablet collections -- 1.2.1. Boğazköy/Ḫattuša -- 1.2.1.1. Excavations -- 1.2.1.2. Find spots -- 1.2.2. Maşat Höyük/Tapigga -- 1.2.3. Kuşaklı/Šarišša -- 1.2.4. Ortaköy/Šapinuwa -- 1.3. Text corpus -- 1.3.1. Dating -- 1.3.2. Text genres 1.4. Method and material -- 2. Hittite tablets: physical features -- 2.1. Making a clay tablet -- 2.2. A typology of Hittite clay tablets -- 2.2.1. Type A: 'permanent' tablets -- 2.2.1.1. Type A I: Rectangular plano-convex tablets with straight, angular edges -- 2.2.1.2. Type A II: Rectangular plano-convex tablets with rounded edges -- 2.2.1.3. Type A III: Rectangular plano-convex tablets with a Dachfirstartiges Randprofil -- 2.2.1.4. Type A IV: Rectangular plano-convex tablets -- 2.2.1.5. Type A V: Rectangular convexo-plane (cushion-shaped) sealed tablets (land deeds) 2.2.1.6. Type A VI: Liver models -- 2.2.1.7. Type A VII: Prisms -- 2.2.1.8. Size -- 2.2.1.9. Summary -- 2.2.2. Type B: ephemeral tablets -- 2.2.2.1. Type B I: Biconvex rectangular tablets with rounded edges -- 2.2.2.2. Type B II: Flat rectangular or square tablets with angular edges -- 2.2.2.3. Type B III: Oval-shaped or round tablets -- 2.2.2.4. Size -- 2.2.2.5. Summary -- 2.2.3. Envelopes -- 2.3. Clay types and color -- 2.4. Baking of tablets -- 2.5. Recycling and re-use of clay tablets -- 2.6. (Seal) Impressions and perforations -- 2.6.1. Tablets with a seal impression 2.6.1.1. Tablets with a seal impression of the Hittite king -- 2.6.1.2. Tablets with a seal impression of a prince or official -- 2.6.2. Tablets with oval-shaped impressions -- 2.6.3. 'Firing holes' -- 2.6.4. Tablet with impressions of fingernails -- 2.6.5. Tablets with other types of impressions -- 2.6.6. Perforated tablets -- 3. The writing process -- 3.1. Inscribing a clay tablet -- 3.2. Tablets with script starting on the upper edge -- 3.3. Tablets with script continuing on the lower edge -- 3.4. Tablets with script starting very close to the left edge or the inter-columnium 3.5. Tablets without script on the reverse -- 3.6. Orientation of the script -- 3.6.1. Tablets turned around their vertical axis -- 3.6.2. Tablets written in landscape orientation -- 3.7. Cuneiform signs as layout markers or editorial symbols -- 3.7.1. Glossenkeile and Winkelhaken -- 3.7.2. PAB-signs -- 3.8. Doodles, drawings and hieroglyphs -- 3.9. Ink on Hittite tablets? -- 4. Layout: structure by means of vertical lines -- 4.1. Column division -- 4.1.1. Tablets with four columns or more -- 4.1.2. Three-columned tablets -- 4.1.3. Single-columned tablets -- 4.1.4. Two-columned tablets 4.1.5. Summary |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 3447104821 |