How to be an Assyriologist?

Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 2 October 2014

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Penology, History, Ancient History
Cover of the book How to be an Assyriologist? by Dominique Charpin, Collège de France
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Author: Dominique Charpin ISBN: 9782722604575
Publisher: Collège de France Publication: December 20, 2017
Imprint: Collège de France Language: English
Author: Dominique Charpin
ISBN: 9782722604575
Publisher: Collège de France
Publication: December 20, 2017
Imprint: Collège de France
Language: English

Unlike works inherited from Greek or Roman Antiquity, writings from Mesopotamian civilization all come from excavations. Assyriologists work with clay tablets engraved with cuneiform characters. They piece together fragments of texts and organize them chronologically and geographically to gradually construct not only a political but also a social, economic and cultural history of Mesopotamia. The task is immense, and requires a multidisciplinary approach combining archaeology, epigraphy, philology, and history.

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Unlike works inherited from Greek or Roman Antiquity, writings from Mesopotamian civilization all come from excavations. Assyriologists work with clay tablets engraved with cuneiform characters. They piece together fragments of texts and organize them chronologically and geographically to gradually construct not only a political but also a social, economic and cultural history of Mesopotamia. The task is immense, and requires a multidisciplinary approach combining archaeology, epigraphy, philology, and history.

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