Chicago Assyrian Dictionary
The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) or The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is a project at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago with the aim of compiling a dictionary of the Akkadian language and its dialects with a focus on Neo-Assyrian forms. It is based on the Oxford English Dictionary . The work began in 1921 by James Henry Breasted who contributed to the dictionary of the Egyptian language . Erica Reiner was the main editor from 1973 to 1996, followed by Martha T. Roth . The last, 26th part was only published in 2011 (Volume 20 U / W)
Volumes
- Volume 1, A, part 1. 1964
- Volume 1, A, part 2. 1968.
- Volume 2, B. 1965.
- Volume 3, D. 1959.
- Volume 4, E. 1958.
- Volume 5, G. 1956.
- Volume 6, Ḫ [Het]. 1956.
- Volume 7, I / J. 1960.
- Volume 8, K. 1971.
- Volume 9, L. 1973.
- Volume 10, M, Part 1. 1977.
- Volume 10, M, Part 2. 1977.
- Volume 11, N, Part 1. 1980.
- Volume 11, N, Part 2. 1980.
- Volume 12, P. 2005.
- Volume 13, Q. 1982.
- Volume 14, R. 1999.
- Volume 15, p. 1984.
- Volume 16, S [Tsade]. 1962.
- Volume 17, S [Shin], Part 1. 1989.
- Volume 17, S [Shin], part 2. 1992.
- Volume 17, S [Shin], Part 3. 1992.
- Volume 18, T. 2006.
- Volume 19, Ṭ [Tet]. 2006.
- Volume 20, U / W. 2011.
- Volume 21, line 1961
literature
- Erica Reiner: An Adventure of Great Dimension. The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (= Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 92, 3). American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia PA 2002, ISBN 0-87169-923-0 .
- Martha T. Roth: How We Wrote the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary . In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies . Vol. 69, No. 1, April 2010, ISSN 0022-2968 , pp. 1-21.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Chicago Assyrian Dictionary: The Final Chapter". Chicago Assyrian Dictionary: The Final Chapter ( Memento May 27, 2010 on the Internet Archive ). Accessed February 20, 2009
- ^ Ten thousand friends of Mesopotamia in: FAZ from June 15, 2011, page N4