Hieroglyphic Luwian

An Introduction with Original Texts

by Annick Payne

Book cover: Hieroglyphic Luwian

Extent: 217 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Language & Linguistics

Series: Subsidia et Instrumenta Linguarum Orientis

Series volume number: 2

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(July 2014)

ISBN: 9783447102162

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $43.00

Out of stock

This book has been written for beginners studying on their own and assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. It begins with the history of the language and its discovery and decipherment up to the present day. It contains a clearly structured concise grammar which offers much original material on Luwian syntax. Twelve reading exercises introduce the basic grammatical principles and are carefully graded to allow the reader to build up a knowledge of common signs and vocabulary as well as giving a broad introduction to Hieroglyphic Luwian literature. Grammatical analysis, commentary, vocabulary notes and a revision section accompany each text. Additionally, the book includes the most extensive up-to-date vocabulary available and a complete sign list. Both will serve the reader as invaluable tools for any further study of the subject.

  • By (author) Annick Payne

"...Annick Payne's new edition of her handbook is an excellent sum of data with an undeniable pedagogic value. All students of Luwian are indebted to her." --Alice Mouton, Review of Biblical Literature 10.23.16
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