A glossary (from Ancient Greek : γλῶσσα , glossa ; language, speech, wording), also known as a vocabulary or clavis , is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book and includes terms within that book that are either newly introduced, uncommon, or specialized. While glossaries are most commonly associated with non-fiction books, in some cases, fiction novels sometimes include a glossary for unfamiliar terms.
5-588: The Urra=hubullu ( 𒄯𒊏 𒄷𒇧𒈝 ur 5 -ra — ḫu-bul-lu 4 ; or HAR-ra = ḫubullu , or Gegenstandslisten ("lists of objects")) is a major Babylonian glossary or " encyclopedia ". It consists of Sumerian and Akkadian lexical lists ordered by topic. The canonical version extends to 24 tablets, and contains almost 10,000 words. The conventional title is the first gloss, ur 5 -ra and ḫubullu meaning "interest-bearing debt" in Sumerian and Akkadian, respectively. One bilingual version from Ugarit [RS2.(23)+]
10-423: A glossary into an ontology or a computational lexicon. A core glossary is a simple glossary or explanatory dictionary that enables definition of other concepts, especially for newcomers to a language or field of study. It contains a small working vocabulary and definitions for important or frequently encountered concepts, usually including idioms or metaphors useful in a culture. Computational approaches to
15-621: Is Sumerian/ Hurrian rather than Sumerian/Akkadian. A partial table of contents: The tablets form a series that had been arranged by time of the Sumarian Dynasty of Isin , with a bilingual tradition existing by the time the Kassites . The bulk of the collection was compiled in the Old Babylonian period (early 2nd millennium BC), with pre-canonical forerunner documents extending into the later 3rd millennium. Like other canonical glossaries,
20-473: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Glossary A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language. In a general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is related to the notion of ontology . Automatic methods have been also provided that transform
25-600: The Urra=hubullu was often used for scribal practice. Other Babylonian glossaries include: Many copies of the series are known in collections such as the Louvre , British Museum and Ashmolean Museum . The original Akkadian texts were found during the Oxford-Field Museum Expedition to Kish , Iraq (1923-1933). The texts are collated and summarised by Meer (1939). This Ancient Near East –related article
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