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"In The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia, Shiyanthi Thavapalan offers the first in-depth study of the words and expressions for colors in the Akkadian language (c. 2500-500 BCE). By combining philological analysis with the technical investigation of materials, she debunks the misconception that people in Mesopotamia had a limited sense of color and convincingly positions the development of Akkadian color language as a corollary of the history of materials and techniques in the ancient Near East"--

Colors, Words for. --- Color --- Akkadian language --- Akkadian philology. --- Material culture --- Color. --- Material culture. --- Couleurs --- Couleur --- Akkadien (langue) --- Philologie akkadienne. --- Culture matérielle --- Semantics. --- Aspect symbolique --- Terminologie --- Sémantique. --- Iraq. --- Colors, Words for --- Akkadian philology --- Semantics --- Words for colors --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Accadian philology --- Assyrian philology --- Assyro-Babylonian philology --- Babylonian philology --- Accadian language --- Assyrian language --- Assyro-Babylonian language --- Babylonian language --- Semitic languages --- Colors --- Color guides --- Color - Terminology --- Akkadian language - Semantics --- Material culture - Iraq --- Culture matérielle --- Sémantique. --- Sémantique --- Sémantique