The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia
Shiyanthi Thavapalan
"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"--
年:
2019
出版社:
Brill Academic Pub
语言:
english
页:
509
ISBN 10:
9004415378
ISBN 13:
9789004415379
文件:
PDF, 11.25 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2019