Hittite Diplomatic Texts (Writings from the Ancient World) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Hittite Diplomatic Texts This work presents full translations of more than 50 documents from the files of the "foreign office" of the Hittite Empire: 21 treaties, 18 diplomatic letters, and 18 royal edicts and miscellaneous records concerning the relations of the Hittites with their Anatolian and Syrian vassals, as well as with other great powers such as Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia. Originally composed in Hittite or in ...
Full description- Publisher: Scholars Press
- Published: 01 May 1999
- Format: Paperback 246 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Legal History | International Law | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780788505515 ISBN 10: 0788505513
- Sales rank: 322,920
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Full description for Hittite Diplomatic Texts
This work presents full translations of more than 50 documents from the files of the "foreign office" of the Hittite Empire: 21 treaties, 18 diplomatic letters, and 18 royal edicts and miscellaneous records concerning the relations of the Hittites with their Anatolian and Syrian vassals, as well as with other great powers such as Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia. Originally composed in Hittite or in the Akkadian lingua franca of the day, many of these texts have never before appeared in English. A short introduction places each document in its historical and cultural context, and a general essay acquaints the reader with the diplomatic practice of the Late Bronze Age. This collection of documents will be a major source book for historians of the Ancient Near East and for students of cuneiform and Biblical law. It will also prove useful for those investigating the relationship between Biblical covenant theology and its possible antecedents in older Near Eastern treaty patterns.
