§06§§Das Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie widmet sich dem Verbreitungsgebiet der Keilschrift schreibenden altvorderasiatischen Kulturen samt ihren Randgebieten vom 4. bis 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Aufgenommen sind bedeutende Persönlichkeiten, Götter, antike Orte und moderne Ausgrabungsstätten sowie Sachbegriffe, die jeweils nach philologischen und archäologischen Gesichtspunkten bearbeitet werden. § §15§§Das Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie widmet sich dem Verbreitungsgebiet der Keilschrift schreibenden altvorderasiatischen Kulturen samt ihren Randgebieten vom 4. bis 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Aufgenommen sind bedeutende Persönlichkeiten, Götter, antike Orte und moderne Ausgrabungsstätten sowie Sachbegriffe, die jeweils nach philologischen und archäologischen Gesichtspunkten bearbeitet werden. § §07§§The coverage of the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie embraces those ancient Near Eastern cultures which used the cuneiform script (Mesopotamia, North Syria and Anatolia) together with neighbouring regions in the 4th to the 1st millennia B.C. Entries include important personalities, deities, ancient place names and modern archaeological sites, as well as cultural items and concepts, which are treated from both philological and archaeological perspectives, as appropriate. The Reallexikon is planned to appear in 16 volumes.§ §16§§The coverage of the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie embraces those ancient Near Eastern cultures which used the cuneiform script (Mesopotamia, North Syria and Anatolia) together with neighbouring regions in the 4th to the 1st millennia B.C.§ §Entries include important personalities (rulers, scholars, administrators etc.), deities, ancient place names and modern archaeological sites, as well as cultural items and concepts (e.g. "house", "purchase", "literature", "mathematics", "milk"), which are treated from both philological and archaeological standpoints, as appropriate. The articles appear alphabetically under their German heading, but may be in German, English or French. They may be accompanied by illustrations, diagrams and plans.§ §The Reallexikon is addressed to specialists within its own field, but also to historians, theologians, anthropologists, legal historians and others. It does not draw on any predecessor and has establis §16§hed itself internationally as an indispensable work tool. With publication of volume 15 the Reallexikon is completed approximately 90 years after publication of the first volume.§
