On the Lexical Background of the Amarna Glosses
The gloss phenomenon is one aspect of the Amarna letters that has attracted much interest from scholars. Most studies on these glosses have focused on linguistic features, comparatively few studies have attempted to understand their cultural background. Based on the identification of some glosses wh...
| Autor: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/254744 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/254744 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Amarna letters Glosses Lexical texts |
| Sumario: | The gloss phenomenon is one aspect of the Amarna letters that has attracted much interest from scholars. Most studies on these glosses have focused on linguistic features, comparatively few studies have attempted to understand their cultural background. Based on the identification of some glosses which appear to be unnecessary from a functional point of view, we would like to propose, as a hypothesis, the possibility that these types of glosses could be elements scribes extracted from lexical lists they had used in their training with the purpose of hinting at their professional background. |
|---|