Könyv Hittites Campbell John Campbell

Hittites

Their Inscriptions And Their History (Volume I)

Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Kiadó: Alpha Edition
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten
Küldés 14-21 napon belül
13 358 Ft
Inscriptions reconstruct an empire with startling clarity. Words carved into stone endure. John Camp...

Információk a könyvről

Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2020
oldal
426
EAN
9789354186530
ISBN
935418653X
Enbook ID
33398900
Kiadó
Súly
794
Méretek
152 x 229 x 27

Teljes leírás

Inscriptions reconstruct an empire with startling clarity. Words carved into stone endure. John Campbell's The Hittites: Their Inscriptions And Their History (Volume I) gathers translations, commentary and contextual narrative into a primary source anthology and archaeological inscriptions collection that reads as an essential ancient history book. It sits at the crossroads of Bronze Age Near East scholarship and ancient Anatolia research, offering narrative history alongside measured Hittite language analysis; the book balances philology and storytelling so it satisfies historians and scholars while remaining approachable for curious general readers. The inscriptions themselves reveal administrative procedure, treaty formulae and ritual language, material that makes the work indispensable for Hittite civilisation study and for anyone tracing diplomatic and cultural links in Assyrian and Babylonian history.

Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Campbell's careful transcriptions and historical judgement make the work a dependable ancient empires reference and a helpful Cambridge Ancient History companion for university ancient history courses. Beyond its scholarly utility, the book has literary worth: the terse, exact voice of the inscriptions carries moral, legal and ceremonial rhythm that rewards close reading. Casual readers encounter vivid traces of lived administration; historians and scholars gain a trustworthy corpus for comparative philology and regional narrative. Classic-literature collectors and institutions will value both the edition's content and its presentation - a restored primary witness to the Bronze Age Near East returned to circulation. Historically, Campbell's edition marked an early and serious attempt to assemble Hittite inscriptions for an English-reading audience, and its interpretive choices continue to provoke discussion among epigraphers. The balance of translation and commentary makes the volume useful as a starting point for Hittite civilisation study and for deeper hittite language analysis. In bookshops and academic libraries alike it reads well on the shelf - a readable reference that invites repeated consultation.

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