The Encyclopedia of Ancient Near Eastern Studies encompasses the full range of ancient Near Eastern cultures that used cuneiform scripts, including border areas, from the 4 th to the 1 st millennium BCE. It deals with major historical figures, gods, ancient sites, modern excavation sites, and terminology, all of which are illuminated from both philological and archeological perspectives

Autorentext
Michael P. Streck, University of Leipzig, Germany.

Klappentext

Das Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie widmet sich dem Verbreitungsgebiet der Keilschrift schreibenden altvorderasiatischen Kulturen samt ihren Randgebieten vom 4. bis 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Aufgenommen sind bedeutende Persönlichkeiten, Götter, antike Orte und moderne Ausgrabungsstätten sowie Sachbegriffe, die jeweils nach philologischen und archäologischen Gesichtspunkten bearbeitet werden.

Zusammenfassung
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Near Eastern Studies encompasses the full range of ancient Near Eastern cultures that used cuneiform scripts, including border areas, from the 4th to the 1st millennium BCE. It deals with major historical figures, gods, ancient sites, modern excavation sites, and terminology, all of which are illuminated from both philological and archeological perspectives