Einführung in die hethitische Sprache und Schrift

• Verfasst von: Rieken, Elisabeth
• Titel: Einführung in die hethitische Sprache und Schrift
• Mitwirkende: Gradmann, Ute
• Verf.angabe: Elisabeth Rieken. Unter Mitw. von Ute Gradmann ...
• Verlagsort: Münster
• Verlag: Ugarit-Verl.
• Jahr: 2011
• Umfang: 242 S.
• Illustrationen: Ill., graph. Darst.
• Format: 24 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Lehrbücher orientalischer Sprachen : Sect. 1, Cuneiform languages ; Vol. 2
• Fussnoten: Literaturangaben
• ISBN: 978-3-86835-064-7
• Schlagwörter: (s)Hethitisch
• Dokumenttyp: Einführung
• Sprache: ger hit
• RVK-Notation: EW 330
• K10plus-PPN: 683399632

Abstract

Hittite, the oldest attested Indo-European language, was spoken in Anatolia in the 2nd millennium BCE and written in the Mesopotamian cuneiform script. As well as having an Indo-European background, the Hittites adopted and adapted the local Anatolian tradition in addition to the North-Syrian (Hurrian) and Mesopotamian cultural achievements including religion, literature and the cuneiform script. They also engaged in international politics and diplomacy. As such, Hittite is of great importance as a source language for the fields both of Indo-European linguistics and Ancient Near Eastern studies. This book presents an introductory course in the Hittite language and script arranged in lessons, each containing a section on grammar and script, exercises, and a text for translation based on original documents. It is intended both for formal course work and for self-study.