{"product_id":"urartian-melikishvili-1964-меликишвили-урартский-язык","title":"Melikishvili, G. A. Urartian Language (Urartskiy yazyk), 1964. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eМеликишвили Г. А. Урартский язык. \/ Отв. ред. Г. П. Сердюченко. Академия наук СССР. Институт народов Азии.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Наука, 1964.\u003cbr\u003e74 с. Мягкая издательская обложка, обычный формат (21 см). (Серия: Языки народов Азии и Африки). Тираж 1600 экз.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eMelikishvili, G. A. Urartian Language (Urartskiy yazyk). \/ Edited by G. P. Serdyuchenko. Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Institute of Asian Peoples.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : Nauka, 1964.\u003cbr\u003e74 pp. Softcover, standard format (21 cm). (Series: Languages of the Peoples of Asia and Africa). Print run: 1,600 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1964 monograph is a fundamental linguistic study authored by the prominent Georgian historian and philologist Giorgi Melikishvili (1918–2002), the world's leading authority on the ancient Kingdom of Urartu. Published as part of the esteemed \"Languages of the Peoples of Asia and Africa\" series by Nauka, this work serves as a concise yet rigorous grammar of the Urartian language, which was spoken in the Armenian Highlands between the 9th and 6th centuries BCE.\u003cbr\u003eThe book provides a systematic description of the Urartian language based on the corpus of cuneiform inscriptions found across Turkey, Armenia, Iran, and Georgia. Melikishvili details the phonetics, morphology, and syntax of this extinct tongue, which is part of the Hurro-Urartian family. He meticulously analyzes the structure of the royal inscriptions, focusing on the specialized vocabulary of warfare, construction, and religious ritual that characterized the Urartian state.\u003cbr\u003eMelikishvili’s work was revolutionary for its time, as it incorporated the latest decipherments and comparative data available in the mid-20th century. The book includes a brief history of the study of Urartian, a description of the writing system (a modified form of Neo-Assyrian cuneiform), and a sample text with translation and grammatical analysis.\u003cbr\u003eWith a very small print run of only 1,600 copies, this academic edition has become a rare and essential resource for orientalists, linguists, Hittitologists, and historians of the Ancient Near East. It remains one of the most reliable introductions to the language of the people who built the formidable fortresses of Tushpa and Erebuni.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963181793322,"sku":"EB-306513300306","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_8928fc95-de40-4bc3-b1c0-88ebe3035b8b.jpg?v=1768162359","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/urartian-melikishvili-1964-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b8%d1%88%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%83%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%82%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%8f%d0%b7%d1%8b%d0%ba","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}