The Ahhiyawa texts / by Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce, Eric H. Cline.

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Beckman, Gary M

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Language: English Series: Writings from the Ancient World (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 28. | Writings from the Ancient World. (Society of Biblical Literature) ; ; no. 28.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: xiv, 302 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9789004219717

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P945.A3 B431 2012

Contents:

Introduction : The Ahhiyawa Problem -- Texts -- Epilogue : Mycenaean-Hittite Interconnections in the Late Bronze Age Revisited -- Sources.

Summary: The Ahhijawa texts are a group of 26 Hittite texts from the late-15th--early-14th century B.C.E. that were first brought to academic attention by the Swiss scholar Emil Forrer in 1924, as he sought to identify the "Ahhijawa" mentioned in the texts as the Mycenaeans of the Bronze Age Greek mainland and to connect various individuals and place names to Greek legends of the Trojan War. The subject of continuing academic controversy and debate, these texts are presented here by Beckman (Hittite and Mesopotamian studies, U. of Michigan, US), Bryce (emeritus, U. of Queensland School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, Australia), and Cline (classical and Near Eastern languages and civilizations, George Washington U.) in transliterated and translated form, together with commentary on the texts' larger historical and interpretive context.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library	P945.A3, B431 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Not For Loan		10232

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-295) and indexes.

Introduction : The Ahhiyawa Problem -- Texts -- Epilogue : Mycenaean-Hittite Interconnections in the Late Bronze Age Revisited -- Sources.

The Ahhijawa texts are a group of 26 Hittite texts from the late-15th--early-14th century B.C.E. that were first brought to academic attention by the Swiss scholar Emil Forrer in 1924, as he sought to identify the "Ahhijawa" mentioned in the texts as the Mycenaeans of the Bronze Age Greek mainland and to connect various individuals and place names to Greek legends of the Trojan War. The subject of continuing academic controversy and debate, these texts are presented here by Beckman (Hittite and Mesopotamian studies, U. of Michigan, US), Bryce (emeritus, U. of Queensland School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, Australia), and Cline (classical and Near Eastern languages and civilizations, George Washington U.) in transliterated and translated form, together with commentary on the texts' larger historical and interpretive context.

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