Materiality of Writing in Early Mesopotamia

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2016

Materiality of Writing in Early Mesopotamia

Edited by: Thomas E. Balke and Christina Tsouparopoulou

Volume 13 in the series Materiale Textkulturen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110459630

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About this book

This volume presents recent research on the relationship between the material format of text-bearing artefacts, the texts they carry, and their genre. The essays cover a vast period, from the counting stones of the late 4th millennium BCE to the time of the Great Hittite Kingdom in the 2nd millennium BCE. The breadth of substantive focus allows new insights of relevance to scholars in both Ancient Middle Eastern studies and the humanities.

Author / Editor information

Thomas E. Balke, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany; Christina Tsouparopoulou, Newcastle University, UK.

Reviews

"Die gesammelten Beiträge des Sammelbandes sind durchwegs qualitätsvoll, [...]"
Reinhard Pirngruber in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Abendlandes 108 (2018), 327-330

Supplementary Materials

Corrigenda_Article_Marchesi

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Thomas E. Balke and Christina Tsouparopoulou Open Access Download PDF	1
Zählmarken, Zeichenträger und Siegelpraxis Einige Bemerkungen zu vor- und frühschriftlichen Verwaltungshilfen in frühsumerischer Zeit Kristina Sauer and Dietrich Sürenhagen Open Access Download PDF	11
Private Commemorative Inscriptions of the Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods: Some Considerations Jakob Andersson Open Access Download PDF	47
The Interplay of Material, Text, and Iconography in Some of the Oldest “Legal” Documents Thomas E. Balke Open Access Download PDF	73
Object, Images, and Text: Remarks on Two “Intercultural Style” Vessels from Nippur Gianni Marchesi Open Access Download PDF	95
Augensteine im 3. und frühen 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr.: Eine Funktionsanalyse Julia Müller-Klieser Open Access Download PDF	109
Observations on Diplomatics, Tablet Layout and Cultural Evolution of the Early Third Millennium: The Archaic Texts from Ur Camille Lecompte Open Access Download PDF	133
Materiality, Writing, and Context in the Inana Temple at Nippur: The Dedicatory Objects from Level VIIB Jean M. Evans Open Access Download PDF	165
Die Paläographie der lexikalischen Texte aus Ebla: Einige erste Betrachtungen Paola Paoletti Open Access Download PDF	183
Materiality and Presence of the Anitta Text in Original and Secondary Context Considerations on the Original Nature of the Proclamation of Anitta (CTH 1) and Its Transmission as Part of Hittite Traditional Literature Lisa Wilhelmi Open Access Download PDF	223
Die „Geierstele“ als luhmannsches Medium zur Legitimation des königlichen Herrschaftsanspruchs Daniel Lau Open Access Download PDF	241
Deconstructing Textuality, Reconstructing Materiality Christina Tsouparopoulou Open Access Download PDF	257
From Clay to Stone: Material Practices and Writing in Third Millennium Mesopotamia Susan Pollock Open Access Download PDF	277
Notes on Contributors Open Access Download PDF	293
Index Open Access Download PDF	297

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Classical and Literary Studies, (Legal) Historians.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 301
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 30
- Coloured Illustrations: 33
- Line drawings: 76
- Coloured Line drawings: 5
- Tables: 11
Keywords: Materiality; writing; text; Mesopotamia

eBook

Published: October 24, 2016
ISBN: 9783110459630

Hardcover

Published: October 25, 2016
ISBN: 9783110459623