Re: Old Persian Scripts
From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 11/20/04
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Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:53:13 GMT
Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:57:49 GMT, "Peter T. Daniels"
> >But you're not suggesting some sort of connection between the extremes
> >of the ancient world and over a 500-year gap? [OPersCun/LuvHier]
>
> There are some pithoi from Altintepe (1st mill.) inscribed
> with Anatolian hieroglyphs in the Urartean language. The
> Urartean civilization was destroyed in the late 7th. century
> BCE, probably by Scythians and/or Medes. The connection
> between Medes and Persians needs no further comment. The
> distance in space (E. Anatolia - W. Iran) and time (7th -
> 5th c. BCE) is not that great.
Well, if you want to give a paper on the question, I know a certain
Oriental Society that's meeting in Philadelphia in March whose program I
could get you on ...
-- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
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