The Akkadian of Alalah

Giacumakis, George. The Akkadian of Alalah. The Hague, Paris: Mouton, 1970. First edition. Quarto. 119 (1)pp. Original light blue dustjacket with black and blue lettering on cover and spine glued to spine of blank stiff wrappers. “Over four hundred and fifty clay tablets were found at Tell Atshana, the site of the ancient city of Alalah (near modern Antakya, in the Amuq River Valley of Turkey’s Hatay Province). Although some seventeen different levels were uncovered, only two of them yielded inscriptional materials in the form of clay tablets and a monumental inscription. Level VII produced a group of tablets from the 18th-17th centuries B.C. whose language is similar to the Old Babylonian dialects and an inscribed statue from the 15th-14th centuries B.C. The Akkadian language of this level is similar to the Middle Babylonian dialect. This work is a study of the Alalahian dialect of Akkadian. It includes a study of its grammatical formations and constructions plus the added feature of a glossary.” (publisher) Sunned wrappers and spine with some minor stains on back cover. Lightly bumped at corners. Ex Libris stamped to half-title. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good+ condition. g. Softcover. (35454) $75