This was then checked against AHw by a second collaborator. Our procedure was first to produce a drastically abbreviated English translation of AHw, letter by letter. Although the three Editors have undertaken different proportions of the work, decisions on the dictionary's content and presentation were made collectively. From the start Jeremy Black and Andrew George agreed to collaborate in the venture, and in the course of the work we received considerable assistance from other colleagues with Assyriological experience. von Soden, who gave the scheme his blessing in the autumn of that year. It was plain from the start that it would need to be based on the Akkadisches Handwdrterbuch ( A H w ) of W.

Preface The idea of creating a concise and relatively inexpensive Akkadian-English dictionary was conceived in 1989 by Nicholas Postgate.

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