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Title (en)
Notes on the construction of meaning in an Old Babylonian bilingual proverb about exotic animals
Language
English
Description (en)
The paper studies an unusual bilingual proverb dealing with rare animals from exotic lands. It aims to demonstrate that the use of a string of very rare words in the proverb is not merely an aesthetic peculiarity, but in fact drove the development of the proverb.
Keywords (en)
Proverbs, REPAC
DOI
10.25365/phaidra.261
Author of the digital object
Frank Simons  (Universität Wien)
27.04.2021
OpenAIRE Version Type
publishedVersion
Format
application/pdf
Size
422.8 kB
Licence Selected
CC BY 4.0 International
ÖFOS 2012
Ancient Oriental studies
Type of publication
Working Paper
Organization Association
Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies > Department of Near Eastern Studies
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