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Volume 3 in the Pre-History
of the Armenians series contains further ancient hieroglyphic inscriptions from
southeastern Turkey. These are translated and annotated in full, and are accompanied
by a comprehensive glossary. A number of crucial misapprehensions by scholars
are corrected, and most importantly this study also explains the unknown phonetics
of many signs found in Laroche's extensive catalogue of hieroglyphic glyphs published
in 1960. Other sections include an analysis of the language of the inscriptions,
which forms a bridge between the ancient Indo-European language and Classical
Armenian, with examples demonstrating the development of the phonetics of words
and the formation of augmentative suffixes. Also provided is an alphabetized list
of transcriptions of these ancient words.
The linguistic evidence proves
that since at least the eighth century BC the Hays (Armenians) possessed the scribal
schools, temple records and gusans (minstrels) that are mentioned in the History
of the Armenians, written during the fifth century AD by Moses Khorenatsi. The
Vocabulary and Usage section highlights a number of words previously thought to
be loans from other languages and confirms their indigenous status. Additionally,
it confirms the provenance of other words, treasures from the long forgotten past
that occur in the old lexicons and were considered doubtful. As with the previous
Volume 2, each word is thoroughly explained and given its various usages in transcription
for the benefit of the reader.
Other books by Gabriel Soultanian: The
Pre-History of the Armenians, Volume 1; The Pre-History of the Armenians, Volume
2: The Proto-Armenian Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Aram; The History of Bishop
Sebeos: Redefining a Seventh-Century Voice from Armenia.
– 224
pages
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Published by Bennett & Bloom, August 2009
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PRE-HISTORY OF ARMENIA VOLUME 3 Preface
Introduction
Laroche's Catalogue: Les Hieroglyphes Hittites
General Remarks about the Language and related subjects
The Inscriptions
Kululu Lead Strip No.1
Kululu Lead
Strip No.2
Kululu Lead Strip Fragment 1
Kululu
Lead Strip Fragment 2
Kululu Lead Strip Fragment 3
Carchemish
A12 of Katuwa
Carchemish A4a of Kamana
Carchemish
A5a of Kamana
Carchemish A32 of Kamana
Two
Inscriptions from Malatya
'The Empire of the Hitties'
Anonymous
Inscription from Shirzi
Vocabulary and Usage
Addendum
Select
Bibliography
Maps
The Central Balkans
and Paeonia, circa 12th to 4th century BC
Anatolia and the
Balkans, circa 12th century BC
The Proto-Armenian kingdoms
of Aram
The original Ostan and politico-strategic settlement
areas in Armenia
Georgia in the Seventh Century
The
Region of Lechkhumi Byzantium in the Seventh Century |
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