Hieroglyphic Luwian

Download or read book Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions written by Annick Payne and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hieroglyphic Luwian belongs to the Anatolian group of ancient languages and was inscribed primarily on stone, using an indigenous Anatolian pictorial writing system. These Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions were written over a period of centuries in the region of Anatolia and northern Syria. Their authors were primarily the rulers of the so-called Neo-Hittite states, contemporaries and neighbors of early Israel. This volume collects some of the most important and representative of the inscriptions in transliteration and translation, organized by genre. Each text is accompanied by relevant information on provenance, dating, and other points of interest that will engage specialist and nonspecialist alike.