Inscriptions of the Iron Age: Part 1: Text, Introduction, Karatepe, Karkamis, Tell Ahmar, Maras, Malatya, Commagene. Part 2: Text, Amuq, Aleppo, Ham

by John David Hawkins

This is an edition of the Hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Late Hittite states of Turkey and Syria. These inscriptions, surviving largely on stone, include monuments of kings to their reigns and works as well as the humbler memorials of subordinates. A few precious survivals of documents in the form of lead strips give us a different type of document: letters and economic texts. Recent discoveries have improved the decipherment and understanding of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311010864X
• ISBN13: 9783110108644
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 678 Pages
• Weight: 61.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary