A further note on Magan and Meluḫḫa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7693283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Hansman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 609-610 |
| Publication date | 1975-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00048126 |
| OpenAlex | W2108266875 |
| Language | EN |
In a recent article treating the location of ancient regions attested in early Sumero-Akkadian texts, the present writer proposed to identify the country of Meluḫḫa with a part of eastern Baluchistan in modern Pakistan ( BSOAS , xxxvi, 3, 1973, 559–70). It was, however, also suggested that the name Meluḫḫa ‘may have been applied at times to regions which extended to the east of there’. 1 This theory was not developed in the article because the possibility could not then be demonstrated factually
Akkadian · Ancient history · Art · Geography · Linguistics · Literature · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |