The meaning of color in ancient Mesopotamia /

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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Main Author: Thavapalan, Shiyanthi (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Contemporary Cinema; volume8.

Subjects:

Colors, Words for.
Color > Terminology.
Akkadian language > Semantics.
Akkadian philology.
Material culture > Iraq.

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Call Number: PJ3189 .T43 2020

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.