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Encyclopaedia of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (RlA)

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The Reallexikon

The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Near Eastern Studies has been created  as a specialised dictionary, covering all notions important within the realm of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies.

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You may access the Encyclopaedia’s articles via the Digital Keyword Index (German and English).

Relief from the Assurbanipal northern palace in Ninive
Relief from the Assurbanipal northern palace in Ninive, depicting objects, animals and people the way they actually existed in the Middle East during the 7th century BC. The inscription exemplifies the correlation between „real items“ and the „denotations of these items“: In the Encyclopaedia of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, realities or real-life items correspond to one or more keywords.
Relief from the Assurbanipal northern palace in Ninive