Registers and modes of communication in the ancient Near East : getting the message across
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Keimer, Kyle H.
, [HerausgeberIn]
Davis, Gillian , [HerausgeberIn] |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
Routledge,
2017.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (xx, 231 pages) : illustrations. |
| Online Zugang: |
Online available |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Communicating in the past; connecting with the past / Gillan Davis and Kyle H. Keimer
- Part I. Imperial and court communications
- Introduction to part I
- The disappearance of cuneiform from the West and elites in the ancient near east / Noel Weeks
- Contrasting representations and the Egypto-Hittite treaty / Samuel Jackson
- Text and context: the question of audience for Sennacherib's 'Public' inscriptions / Luis R. Siddall
- Communication and miscommunication in the Southern sky: the Case of Scorpio and the Southern Cross in cuneiform / Wayne Horowitz
- Imperialism and language: observations on bilingual inscriptions from Palmyra / Samuel N.C. Lieu
- Part II. Community communications
- Introduction to Part II
- "Guard it on your tongue!": the Second Rubric in the Deir Alla Plaster texts as an instruction for the oral performance of the narrative / Gareth Wearne
- Juxtaposition and narrative evaluation in Joshua 1-2 / Rachelle Gilmour
- Literature as flexible communication: variety in Hebrew Biblical texts / Ian Young
- The use of paleo-Hebraic script on Jewish revolt coins: a semiotic focus / Rachel Mansfield, Benjamin Overcash, and Stephen Llewelyn
- Part III. Communications between families and individuals
- Introduction to Part III.
- From Dragomans to Babel: the role of interpreters in the ancient near East in the 1st millennium B.C.E. / Peter Zilberg
- Sex, lies and beautiful eyes: divine communication and premarital relations in Sumerian poetry / Louise M. Pryke
- Communication within a dysfunctional family in late antique Egypt / Alanna Nobbs
