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Author : Robert K. Englund
Publisher : Art Stock Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Proto-cuneiform Texts from Jemdet Nasr written by Robert K. Englund and published by Art Stock Books Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hans J. Nissen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226586595
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (865 download)
Download or read book Archaic Bookkeeping written by Hans J. Nissen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work brings together current scholarship on the earliest true writing system in human history. Invented by the Babylonians at the end of the fourth millennium BC, this script, called proto-cuneiform, survives in the form of clay tablets that have until now posed formidable barriers to interpretation. Many tablets, excavated in fragments from ancient dump sites, lack a clear context. In addition, the purpose of the earliest tablets was not to record language but to monitor the administration of local economies by means of a numerical system.
Author : Erlend Gehlken
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 396229449X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Considerations on the Proto-Euphratic Language (PE) written by Erlend Gehlken and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today it is accepted that the first two writing systems of mankind were created independently of each other about 5000 years ago, one of them (the cuneiform script) in Mesopotamia (Iraq), the other (the hiero- glyphics) in Egypt. In Egypt, people wrote with ink on papyrus, in Mesopotamia with a reed stylus on palm-sized “tablets” of clay. According to common belief, the Sumerians created the cuneiform script in the city of Uruk – in those days, the largest city in the world. The author of this monograph attempts to prove that it was not the Sumerians, but the indigenous people of Mesopotamia who created writing. These indigenous people, whose name for themselves is not known, are referred to as “Protoeuphratians” in order to be able to identify them, and their language is consequently called “Protoeuphratic (language)” (PE). The front cover shows the remains of the “temple tower” of the city of Uruk and a clay tablet with archaic cuneiform script signs. This monograph is written for both experts and interested lay persons. Let yourself be captured by the magic and mystery of the past ...
Author : Jean-Jacques Glassner
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801873898
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The Invention of Cuneiform written by Jean-Jacques Glassner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Invention of Cuneiform" Jean-Jacques Glassner offers a compelling introduction to a seminal era in human history. Returning to early Mesopotamian texts that have been little studied or poorly understood, he traces the development of writing from the earliest attempts to the sophisticated system of roughly 640 signs that constituted the Sumerian repertory by about 3200 B.C.
Author : Jöran Friberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Round and Almost Round Numbers in Proto-literate Metro-mathematical Field Texts written by Jöran Friberg and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jöran Friberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387345434
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)
Download or read book A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts written by Jöran Friberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book analyzes the mathematical tablets from the private collection of Martin Schoyen. It includes analyses of tablets which have never been studied before. This provides new insight into Babylonian understanding of sophisticated mathematical objects. The book is carefully written and organized. The tablets are classified according to mathematical content and purpose, while drawings and pictures are provided for the most interesting tablets.
Author : Karen Radner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199557306
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture written by Karen Radner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative guide to the Ancient Middle East as seen through the lens of cuneiform writing, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia. Written by a team of international scholars, with chapter bibliographies and numerous illustrations, the Handbook is a state-of-the-art guide to the discipline as well as offering pathways for future research.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 2503517404
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1988 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume One: 120 ancient Mesopotamian texts from the Metropolitan Museum's extensive collection of cuneiform tablets are published here in a projected multi-volume edition. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Author : Roger Matthews
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000570916
Total Pages : 1239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire written by Roger Matthews and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 1239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early history of all of Iran from the Palaeolithic period to the end of the Achaemenid Empire at 330 BC. Drawing on the authors’ deep experience and engagement in the world of Iranian archaeology, and in particular on Iran-based academic networks and collaborations, this book situates the archaeological evidence from Iran within a framework of issues and debates of relevance today. Such topics include human–environment interactions, climate change and societal fragility, the challenges of urban living, individual and social identity, gender roles and status, the development of technology and craft specialisation and the significance of early bureaucratic practices such as counting, writing and sealing within the context of evolving societal formations. Richly adorned with more than 500 illustrations, many of them in colour, and accompanied by a bibliography with more than 3000 entries, this book will be appreciated as a major research resource for anyone concerned to learn more about the role of ancient Iran in shaping the modern world.
Author : Karen Radner
Publisher : Oxford History of the Ancient
ISBN 13 : 0190687851
Total Pages : 805 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East written by Karen Radner and published by Oxford History of the Ancient. This book was released on 2020 with total page 805 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1. From the beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the dynasty of Akkad.
Author : Patrick E. McGovern
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135300941
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)
Download or read book The Origins and Ancient History of Wine written by Patrick E. McGovern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents contemporary evidence scientific, archaeological, botanical, textual, and historical for major revisions in our understanding of winemaking in antiquity. Among the subjects covered are the domestication of the Vinifera grape, the wine trade, the iconography of ancient wine, and the analytical and archaeological challenges posed by ancient wines. The essayists argue that wine existed as long ago as 3500 BC, almost half a millennium earlier than experts believed. Discover named these findings among the most important in 1991. Featuring the work of 23 internationally known scholars and writers, the book offers the first wide ranging treatment of wine in the early history of western Asia and the Mediterranean. Comprehensive and accessible while providing full documentation, it is sure to serve as a catalyst for future research.
Author : Petr Charvát
Publisher : Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
ISBN 13 : 8026106075
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Shepherds of the Black-headed People written by Petr Charvát and published by Západočeská univerzita v Plzni. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publikace věnovaná archeologickému nálezu pečetí ve vykopávkách raně sumerského Uru (30.- 26. století př. n. l.).
Author : Alessandra Avanzini
Publisher : L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
ISBN 13 : 9788870629750
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Profumi d'Arabia written by Alessandra Avanzini and published by L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. This book was released on 1997 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English summary: The names, origins, and by ways in the west, and the uses and 'imaginary' symbolism that has for centuries distinguished the commerce in incense, cinnamon, and myrrh from the far away regions of the orient to the merchant's stalls of the Greeks and Romans. This is an ideal journey through the centuries of classical antiquity following the caravan routes, legends and the Levantine enchantment that instill an atmosphere of dreams around the commercial and cultural exchanges between the Orient and Occident, prior to the advent of the great Islamic civilization. Italian description: I nomi, le origini, le vie di penetrazione in Occidente, gli usi e il simbolismo immaginario che ha contraddistinto per secoli il commercio di incenso, cinnamomo, mirra dalle lontane plaghe d'Oriente ai banchi dei mercati greci e romani. Un viaggio ideale nei secoli dell'antichita classica al seguito di vie carovaniere, di leggende e magie levantine che infondono un'atmosfera di sogno agli scambi commerciali e culturali tra Oriente ed Occidente, prima dell'avvento della grande civilta islamica.
Author : D. T. Potts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107094690
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Archaeology of Elam written by D. T. Potts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence. It brings to life one of the most important regions of ancient Western Asia, re-evaluates its significance, and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship.
Author : Richard Kern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107036488
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Language, Literacy, and Technology written by Richard Kern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language, Literacy, and Technology explores how technology matters to language and the ways we use it.
Author : Nicola Crüsemann
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606064444
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Uruk written by Nicola Crüsemann and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This abundantly illustrated volume explores the genesis and flourishing of Uruk, the first known metropolis in the history of humankind. More than one hundred years ago, discoveries from a German archaeological dig at Uruk, roughly two hundred miles south of present-day Baghdad, sent shock waves through the scholarly world. Founded at the end of the fifth millennium BCE, Uruk was the main force for urbanization in what has come to be called the Uruk period (4000–3200 BCE), during which small, agricultural villages gave way to a larger urban center with a stratified society, complex governmental bureaucracy, and monumental architecture and art. It was here that proto-cuneiform script—the earliest known form of writing—was developed around 3400 BCE. Uruk is known too for the epic tale of its hero-king Gilgamesh, among the earliest masterpieces of world literature. Containing 480 images, this volume represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the archaeological evidence gathered at Uruk. More than sixty essays by renowned scholars provide glimpses into the life, culture, and art of the first great city of the ancient world. This volume will be an indispensable reference for readers interested in the ancient Near East and the origins of urbanism.
Author : Charles Keith Maisels
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134837305
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Early Civilizations of the Old World written by Charles Keith Maisels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new paperback edition of Early Civilizations of the Old World, Charles Keith Maisels traces the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history. In each case the ecological and economic background to growth, geographical factors, cross-cultural intersection and the rise of urbanism are examined, explaining how particular forms of social structure and cultural interaction developed from before the Neolithic period to the time of the first civilizations in each area. This volume challenges the traditional assumption of a band-tribe-chiefdom-state sequence and instead demonstrates that large complex societies can flourish without social classes and the state, as dramatically shown by the Indus civilization. Such features as the use of Childe's urban revolution theory as a means of comparison for each emerging civilization and the discussion of the emergence of archaeology as a scientific discipline, make Early Civilizations of the Old World a valuable, innovative and stimulating work.
