Weeden, Mark (2014) 'State Correspondence in the Hittite World.' In: Radner, Karen, (ed.), State Correspondence in the Ancient World: From New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 32-64.
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Abstract
Chapter surveys the corpus of letters between officials and the royal family to throw light on mechanisms of communication and decision-making within the Late Bronze Age Hittite state.
| Item Type: | Book Chapters |
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| Keywords: | State communication, Long-distance communication, Letter, Messenger, Envoy, Anatolia, Hittite Empire, Late Bronze Age, Cuneiform tablet, Wooden writing tablet |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of History, Religions & Philosophies > Department of History Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Department of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East |
| ISBN: | 9780199354771 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199354771.003.0003 |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2014 14:43 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/18203 |
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