http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/111334 Volume 2019 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:21:58 GMT 2026-04-06T20:21:58Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/117269 Ein verkannter Beitrag der Prager Indogermanistik zur nominalen Wortbildung (Zur unpublizierten Dissertation von Jaromír Jedlička) Kurzová, Helena The unpublished dissertation of Jaromír Jedlička, O zvláštním případu parallelismu suffixů v jazycích indoevropských [On a Special Case of Suffix Parallelism in Indo-European Languages], Prague 1894 (178 pp.) investigated nominal derivations with the suffixes *-es/s- and *-ró-, *-ló-, *-mó-, *-nó-, taking into account all Indo-European languages known at that time and analysing 284 roots. His systematic account of the s-suffix and parallel nominal suffixes, written almost simultaneously with the publications of Caland, marks a long overlooked pioneering contribution to the understanding of relationships between nominal and verbal derivation in Indo-European. Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/117269 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/117268 Spheres of interest: Hollow clay balls at the dawn of ancient Near Eastern history Charvát, Petr This paper discusses hollow clay spheres containing clay symbols (“tokens”) from sites of the prehistoric and early historic Near East. A list of them is provided, and an interpretation as information conveyors to sites with central functions is suggested. The hollow clay balls (HCB) represent an important source for the administration of the socially engineered flow of goods in the preliterate societies of Western Asia, and they do constitute a predecessor of writing Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/117268 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/111430 Index of the verb forms in the Prague collection of Cappadocian tablets Janský, Martin When asked about Bedřich Hrozný, most laypeople with some knowledge of history will associate him with the decipherment of the Hittite language. Only a few will recall his other major achievement of great importance for the study of the ancient Near East — in 1925, he succeeded in his efforts to find the location of the kārum Kanish. At that point, many scholars had been scratching their heads for several decades trying to find the settlement. Tablets from this Anatolian merchant colony had been well known and available for purchase on the black market, yet the location of their origin had remained a mystery even for the likes of Hugo Winckler. Hrozný managed to put together enough money from various sources to organize an expedition with the goal of finding the kārum in 1925. The expedition was successful and yielded about 1000 tablets, some of which are now in Istanbul and some in Prague. The autographs of the Istanbul tablets were published in ICK 1 and ICK 2; the autographs, transliterations, and translations of the Prague tablets were published in ICK 3 (mostly tablets with seals) and ICK 4. The Prague collection has recently been digitalized for the CDLI project, and the tablets can now be viewed online. The collection consists of ca. 400 tablets and represents a solid, albeit small sample of Old Assyrian texts, well worth indexing. Hence this index of the verb forms found in the texts, originally an appendix to my thesis of 2010. Hopefully, it will be of some use to those interested in Cappadocian tablets and Old Assyrian. Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/111430 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z