Language of Amarna - Language of Diplomacy

Perspectives on the Amarna Letters

• Author(s): Jana Mynářová,
• Publisher: Czech Institute of Egyptology
• Pages: 287
• ISBN_10: 8073081911
  ISBN_13: 9788073081911
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages , History / Ancient / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Social Science / Archaeology ,

Description:... It is a generally accepted presumption that during the Late Bronze Age the language accepted for the 'international' or 'diplomatic' written communication between the representatives or members of the particular polities within the Ancient Near East was Akkadian, or more accurately Peripheral Akkadian. Thus it is the aim of this publication to analyse the corpus of Amarna letters on the subject of diplomatic terminology and procedures.