The meaning of color in ancient Mesopotamia /
In The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia, Shiyanthi Thavapalan offers the first in-depth study of the words and expressions for colors in the Akkadian language (c. 2500-500 BCE). By combining philological analysis with the technical investigation of materials, she debunks the misconception tha...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Color Metalanguage, Signs and Convention Used -- Figures and Plates -- Color Semantics -- Abstract Colors -- Material Colors -- Colorful Matter -- Making Sense of Color -- Back Matter -- Appendix A -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Indices -- General Index. |
| 520 | |a In The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia, Shiyanthi Thavapalan offers the first in-depth study of the words and expressions for colors in the Akkadian language (c. 2500-500 BCE). By combining philological analysis with the technical investigation of materials, she debunks the misconception that people in Mesopotamia had a limited sense of color and positions the development of Akkadian color language as a corollary of the history of materials and techniques in the ancient Near East. | ||
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