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On Recent Cuneiform Editions of Hittite Fragments (II)
This is a review article of Texte von Büyükkale aus den Jahren 1957–2002. By Heinrich Otten; Christel Rüster; and Gernot Wilhelm. Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköi, vol. 47. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2005. Pp. xix + 58, illus. €27 (paper).
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Scholars Build Internet Dictionary to Unravel Sumerian Language
Four thousand years ago, in the Sumerian city of Nippur, scribes sat in classrooms and learned a relatively new and privileged profession, writing. Today, scholars are studying this ancient writing system in order to reconstruct these ancient societies. In one instance, scholars at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology are drawing on the latest digital technology to write a Sumerian dictionary.
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Spelling, phonology and etymology in Hittite historical linguistics
This is a review article on Alwin Kloekhorst, Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 5. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008. $199. ISBN 978 90 04 16092 7). The article addresses issues arising from Kloekhorst's depiction of Hittite cuneiform spelling conventions in the context of the wider cuneiform world (Mesopotamia and Northern Syria). In particular the representation of a glottal stop in Hittite and relevant cuneiform writing is addressed. The second part of the article addresses further individual graphic and lexical issues arising throughout the etymological dictionary.
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On Recent Cuneiform Editions of Hittite Fragments (I)
Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköi1 (henceforth KBo) is one of the primary and oldest publication series for the Hittite cuneiform documents from Bogazköy, and its first six volumes were edited by pioneer scholars H. H. Figulla, E. F. Weidner, O. Weber, E. Forrer, and F. Hrozny between the years 1916-21. In 1954 H. Otten released volume 7 of the series, which offered the finds from the more systematically conducted excavations of K. Bittel. [...] for more than a half century, Otten alone and with his long-time colleague Chr.
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Bubbles of ancient air are analyzed to figure out how much greenhouse gas used to be in the air. Because greenhouse gas traps heat, the amount in air bubbles is a clue to temperature readings in the past. What can you tell me about Clonycavan's hair? -Shaina, Web post I First-Clonycavan is the name given Uqj to a well-preserved Iron Age bog body found in Clonycavan, Ireland, in March of 2003.
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