Mark Weeden
State Correspondence in the Hittite World
Weeden, Mark
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Karen Radner
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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.
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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 |
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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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