The Hittites / O.R. Gurney
1952, First Edition. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Previous owner's inscription. Item #372607
Physical description: xvi, 240 pages, 32 p of plates ill 19cm. Contents: Foreword to first edition -- Note on the spelling of proper names -- Introduction: Discovery of the Hittites: -- Outline Of History: -- Earliest period -- Old Kingdom -- Empire -- Neo-Hittite Kingdoms -- Achaeans and Trojans in the Hittite texts -- Hittites in Palestine -- Hittite State And Society: -- King -- Queen -- Social classes -- Government -- Foreign policy -- Life And Economy: -- Law And Institutions: -- Laws -- Courts -- Retribution and restitution -- Collective responsibility -- Marriage and the family -- Land tenure -- Warfare: -- Army -- Military operations -- Defence -- Laws of war -- Languages And Races: -- Written languages -- Hittite -- Proto-Hittite or Hattian -- Luwian -- Palaic -- Hurrian -- Aryan language of the rulers of Mitanni -- Akkadian -- Sumerian -- Hieroglyphic Hittite -- Spoken languages -- Religion: -- General remarks -- Local cults -- State religion -- Temples, cults, and festivals -- Theology and divination -- Magic -- Burial customs -- Literature: -- Official literature -- Myth, legend, and romance -- Art: -- Conclusion -- Table of Hittite Kings -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Turkey Antiquities. Asia Minor Civilization. Turkey Antiquities.
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