Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum

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The Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum is a collection of Urartean texts compiled by C.F. Lehmann-Haupt between 1928 and 1935. This work is part of a broader field of epigraphy, which is the study of inscriptions. Various corpora exist for different ancient languages and regions, such as the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum for Semitic languages, and the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum and Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum for Greek and Latin inscriptions, respectively. These collections aim to systematically gather and publish ancient written records to aid historical and linguistic research.12

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Lehmann-Haupt in Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum (1928–35); the earlier found Hittite hieroglyphic texts, by L. Messerschmidt in the antiquated Corpus Inscriptionum Hettiticarum. The Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, intended to gather the epigraphs of Persia proper (Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, Sāsānid) and of eastern Iran and Central Asia, began in London…
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Lehmann-Haupt in Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum (1928–35); the earlier found Hittite hieroglyphic texts, by L. Messerschmidt in the antiquated Corpus Inscriptionum Hettiticarum. The Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, intended to gather the epigraphs of Persia proper (Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, Sāsānid) and of eastern Iran and Central Asia, began in London…
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