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A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF AKKADIAN KARTONIERT (TB)

Akkadian  comprising the Babylonian  Assyrian and Old Akkadian dialects  is the earliest known
Semitic language  attested from the middle of the 3rd millenium B.C. until the time of Christ.
It was widely adopted in the ancient Near East as a written vehicle for scholarship  literature
legal and diplomatic affairs. It is the language of the Epic of Gilgamesh  the Code of
Hammurapi  the inscriptions of the kings of Assyria and Babylonia and countless legal and
administrative documents. A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian has been prepared for the
convenience of students and scholars on the basis of Wolfram von Sodens Akkadisches
Handwörterbuch updated with reference to the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary and other sources. It
aims to include all certainly attested words with variant forms  dialect and period
distribution  logographic writings and English meanings (but not textual citations). A list of
roots assists in tracking down the right entries.

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