Hieroglyphic Luwian: An Introduction with Original TextsThis 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 toHieroglyphic 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. |
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8th century BC a-tá a.sg.N npt accusative adverbs am(a anza ARHA ASSUR letter Atrisuhas attested BOHÇA BONUS-tis Carruba clause conj Country-Lord cuneiform cursive d.pl d.sg dative DEUS enclitic ending expressed g.sg gods grammar ha-tu-ra+a Halabean halpa Halparuntiyas Hama Hamathite Hawkins hieroglyphic inscriptions Hieroglyphic Luwian Hittite i-mutation indicative INFANS Iron Age Iwa/i-mu KARATEPE Karhuhas KARKAMIŠ KARKAMIŠ A11b+c KARKAMIŠ A2+3 KARKAMIŠ Alb Katuwas king Kubabas KULULU kwati kwita Laramas logogram manza MARAŞ Marazzi Melchert Meriggi Morpurgo Davies NEG₂ Neo-Hittite neuter Nikima nimuwiza nominative noun orthostats p.adj Paritas particle chains person phonetic plural possessive adjective reflexive pronoun REGIO REL-i REL-za REL+ra/i relative river-land ruler Runtiyas Ruwas SCALPRUM script sentence sign forms sign list singular stele Storm-God suffix Suhis SUPER+ra/i Tarhunzas TELL AHMAR text and check text corpus transliterated Ura-Tarhunzas Uratamis urhilina verb wa/i word writing