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State Correspondence in the Hittite World

Weeden, Mark

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Authors

Mark Weeden



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Karen Radner
Editor

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.

Citation

Weeden, M. (2014). State Correspondence in the Hittite World. In K. Radner (Ed.), State Correspondence in the Ancient World: From New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire (32-64). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199354771.003.0003

Publication Date Apr 1, 2014
Deposit Date Mar 3, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 3, 2025
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 32-64
Book Title State Correspondence in the Ancient World: From New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire
ISBN 9780199354771
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199354771.003.0003
Keywords State communication, Long-distance communication, Letter, Messenger, Envoy, Anatolia, Hittite Empire, Late Bronze Age, Cuneiform tablet, Wooden writing tablet

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