11.1 Imperial languages

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Abaye's mother or master? (1)
The agricultural images (1)
Akkadian and Iranian terminology (1)
Akkadian and Iranian terminology (2)
Akkadian and Syriac for "rue" (1)
Akkadian brick in Old Persian (1)
Akkadian in a Talmudic joke (1)
Akkadian in Middle Persian (1)
Akkadian in the Bactrian documents (1)
Akkadian libbu in Talmud (1)
Akkadian loanwords in Middle Iranian (1)
Akkadian loanwords in Sogdian (1)
Akkadian puns in Talmud (1)
Already once or twice (1)
The "answering" formula (1)
Apostles as merchants (1)
Aramaic = Assyrian language (1)
The architect (1)
Are you a god or a mortal? (1)
As a cow for her calf (1)
Assyrian idiom in the Hebrew writings (1)
Assyrian scribal traditions (1)
At your word the earth shakes (1)
Babylonian beer in Talmud (2)
Babylonian plant names in Talmud (1)
The basic unit of weight (1)
Building terms in Greek (1)
A case not to be forgotten (1)
Circe and Ereškigal (1)
Classifications of diseases (1)
Commemoration of a miracle in a Palmyrene inscription (1)
Cut down trees and make a boat (1)
Debt release in Mesopotamia and Israel (1)
Descriptions of battle (1)
Diphteria in the Talmud (1)
Dirt in the ritual (1)
Do not fear death (1)
Ekur as the "temple" (1)
Exorcism in Mandaic (1)
Expressions for 'dream' (1)
Fable of the wren and the elephant (1)
Finely ground flour (1)
The fish greet the god (1)
Going to the battlefield (1)
The Greek preposition ana (1)
The Greek word alazon (1)
The Greek word for "gold" (1)
The Greek word for haematite (1)
The Greek word temenos (1)
The Greek word "to fight" (1)
Greek words for axe (1)
Having an ominous dream (1)
Headache and dizziness (1)
Jesus as the mariner (1)
Lecanomancy in Greece (1)
Letter ordering messenger's death (1)
Like a bird on a rafter (1)
The list of lovers (1)
The list of lovers (2)
Locust as materia medica (1)
Looting in Greek (1)
The Lord of the Roof (1)
Lord(s) of... (1)
Mandaic for "invasion" (1)
Mandaic for "offerings" (1)
Mandaic for "purification" (1)
Mandaic for "wailing" (1)
Mandean priests (1)
The measuring stick (1)
Medicines from vegetable ingredients (1)
Network in Mandaic (1)
Nobody has crossed the sea (1)
Paradise as mountain (1)
Part of an hour (1)
Physician (1)
Progenitor of mankind (1)
Redeemers in Mandaic (1)
The ritual vessel (1)
Sargon of Agade in literature (1)
The 'scene' in Greek (1)
Sex omens in Talmud (1)
Sleep like a fog (1)
Sons of ... (1)
The squint-eyed (1)
Taking no food (1)
Talmudic materia medica (1)
Talmudic medical recipes (10)
Talmudic medical recipes (2)
Talmudic medical recipes (5)
Talmudic recipes for ear disease (1)
Thirsty to fight (1)
Voyage of seventeen days (1)
What we like (1)
Who is this man? (1)
Why are you so downcast? (1)
Why do you shed tears? (1)
The Wind of God (1)
Wolves and lambs (1)
The word for "box" (1)
The word for "corpse" (1)
The word for demon (1)

11. Language, communication, libraries and education (166)

11.1 Imperial languages (101)

11.1 Imperial languages (101)

11.1.1 Assyrian

11.1.2 Babylonian

11.1.3 Aramaic (1)

11.1.4 Minority languages

11.1.5 Shared linguistic items and features (100)

11.1.5.1 Technical terms (1)

11.1.5.2 Idiomatic expressions (7)

11.1.5.3 Formulaic expressions (4)

11.1.5.4 Literary motifs and topoi (29)

11.1.5.5 Mesopotamian loanwords (61)

11.1.5.5.1 Mesopotamian loanwords in Aramaic (33)

11.1.5.5.1.1 Mesopotamian loanwords in Mandaic (13)

11.1.5.5.2 Mesopotamian loanwords in Greek (20)

11.1.5.5.3 Mesopotamian loanwords in Hebrew (3)

11.1.5.5.4 Mesopotamian loanwords in Iranian (7)

 

11.2 Writing systems and writing media (9)

11.2 Writing systems and writing media (9)

11.2.1 Cuneiform script (1)

11.2.1.1 Clay tablets (1)

11.2.1.2 Waxed writing-boards

11.2.2 Alphabetic script (7)

11.2.2.1 Clay tablets (2) (1)

11.2.2.2 Papyrus scrolls (1)

11.2.2.3 Leather scrolls

11.2.2.4 Ostraca

 

11.3 Libraries and archives (5)

11.3 Libraries and archives (5)

11.3.1 Royal libraries

11.3.2 Royal archives (1)

11.3.3 Temple libraries and archives (2)

11.3.4 Private libraries

11.3.5 Private archives

 

11.4 Letters and imperial mail (6)

11.4 Letters and imperial mail (6)

11.4.1 Sealing (1)

11.4.2 Envelopes

11.4.3 Epistolary formulae (2)

11.4.3.1 Address (1)

11.4.3.1 Salutation

11.4.3.2 Blessing formulae (1)

11.4.4 Post system (1)

11.4.4.1 Royal road (1)

11.4.4.2 Road stations

11.4.4.3 Relay system

11.4.4.4 Mule express

11.4.4.5 Postmaster

 

11.5 Education and transmission of knowledge (45)

11.5 Education and transmission of knowledge (45)

11.5.1 Public education

11.5.1.1 Palace schools

11.5.1.1 Temple schools

11.5.1.1.1 Indoctrination of foreign nobility

11.5.2 Private education (6)

11.5.2.1 Private teachers (2)

11.5.3 Higher education (21)

11.5.3.1 Transmission of esoteric lore (20)

11.5.4 School texts (1)