Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik
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The Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik, nebst ausgewählten Inschriften ('Handbook of North-Semitic epigraphy, together with selected inscriptions;' often abbreviated NE) is a two-volume reference work on Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions by Mark Lidzbarski, published in 1898.[1]
It became a foundational manual for the field of Semitic epigraphy.[2]
History
Conceived as a comprehensive handbook of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, the Handbuch contained texts, readings, references, and selected facsimiles.[3]
It was subsequently eclipsed by later standard corpora such as Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften (KAI), and the Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt (TADAE) for Egyptian Aramaic.
Contents
- Volume I (Text): Introductions to scripts, readings, and extensive bibliographies
- Volume II (Plates): Facsimile tables of inscriptions (46 plates).
Related and subsidiary publications
In the same way that the Répertoire d'Épigraphie Sémitique (RES) functioned as a companion to the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS), Lidzbarski published further works related to the Handbuch:
- Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik (ESE): 3 vols., Giessen: J. Ricker / Töpelmann, 1902–1915 (vol. 1 = 1900–1902; vol. 2 = 1903–1907; vol. 3 = 1909–1915). Conceived to publish new finds and to re-discuss previously published texts, updating and correcting the Handbuch.[2]
- Altsemitische Texte, Heft 1: Kanaanäische Inschriften (KI): Giessen: A. Töpelmann, 1907. A reader for students with brief notes, intended “primarily for lectures”; in the preface Lidzbarski explicitly directs teachers to show reproductions for the Handbuch and Ephemeris. Although published as Heft 1 (Volume 1), no further volumes were published.[4]
Concordance
References
- ↑ Hogg, Hope W. (1901). "North-Semitic Epigraphy". The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. 18 (1). University of Chicago Press: 1–8. ISSN 1062-0516. JSTOR 528022. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- 1 2 Moriggi, Marco (2020), "Biographical and scientific notes about Mark Lidzbarski", Kervan, 24: 219–233
- ↑ Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik, nebst ausgewählten Inschriften, Weimar: E. Felber, 1898
- ↑ S. A. C. (1929). "Mark Lidzbarski, Obituary" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 61 (4): 872–874. doi:10.1017/S0035869X0007009X. ISSN 1356-1863. Retrieved 2025-09-07.