The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia

The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia
ISBN-10
9004415416
ISBN-13
9789004415416
Category
History
Pages
523
Language
English
Published
2019-10-21
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Shiyanthi Thavapalan

Description

"In The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia, Shiyanthi Thavapalan offers the first in-depth study of the words and expressions for colors in the Akkadian language (c. 2500-500 BCE). By combining philological analysis with the technical investigation of materials, she debunks the misconception that people in Mesopotamia had a limited sense of color and convincingly positions the development of Akkadian color language as a corollary of the history of materials and techniques in the ancient Near East"--

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