Western Peripheral Akkadian

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Western Peripheral Akkadian (commonly abbreviated WPA) is the variety of Akkadian most commonly employed within the correspondence of the Egyptian vassals in the Amarna Letters.

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Bibliography

  • Izre'el, Shlomo, Amurru Akkadian: A Linguistic Study (with an Appendix on the History of Amurru by Itamar Singer), Volume I [Harvard Semitic Studies, 40] Volume II [Harvard Semitic Studies, 41], Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991.
  • Rainey, Anson F., Canaanite in the Amarna Tablets: A Linguistic Analysis of the Mixed Dialect used by Scribes from Canaan, 4 volumes, Leiden: Brill, 1996.
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