Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie
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Compiled by:
A. Bramanti
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In collaboration with:
Gabriella Frantz-Szabo
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Edited by:
Michael P. Streck
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Continued by:
Ernst Weidner
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Founded by:
Erich Ebeling
The coverage of the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie embraces those ancient Near Eastern cultures which used the cuneiform script (Mesopotamia, North Syria and Anatolia) together with neighbouring regions in the 4th to the 1st millennia B.C.
Entries include important personalities (rulers, scholars, administrators etc.), deities, ancient place names and modern archaeological sites, as well as cultural items and concepts (e.g. "house", "purchase", "literature", "mathematics", "milk"), which are treated from both philological and archaeological standpoints, as appropriate. The articles appear alphabetically under their German heading, but may be in German, English or French. They may be accompanied by illustrations, diagrams and plans.
The Reallexikon is addressed to specialists within its own field, but also to historians, theologians, anthropologists, legal historians and others. It does not draw on any predecessor and has established itself internationally as an indispensable work tool. With publication of volume 15 the Reallexikon is completed approximately 90 years after publication of the first volume.
Author / Editor information
Michael P. Streck, Universität Leipzig.
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The Encyclopedia of Ancient Near Eastern Studies encompasses the full range of ancient Near Eastern cultures that used cuneiform scripts, including border areas, from the 4th to the 1st millennium BCE. It deals with major historical figures, gods, ancient sites, modern excavation sites, and terminology, all of which are illuminated from both philological and archeological perspectives.
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Near Eastern Studies encompasses the full range of ancient Near Eastern cultures that used cuneiform scripts, including border areas, from the 4th to the 1st millennium BCE. It deals with major historical figures, gods, ancient sites, modern excavation sites, and terminology, all of which are illuminated from both philological and archeological perspectives.
