The archaeology of the cuneiform inscriptions
London : New York : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; E.S. Gorham, 1908, 1906. 2nd Edition - Revised. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy has previous owner's scattered pencil annotations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages; Physical description. : vi,220 p ; 22 cm. Notes: First published: 1907. "The first six chapters ... Embody the Rhind lectures in archæology which I delivered at Edinburgh in October 1906. The seventh chapter appeared as an article in the Contemporary review for August 1905" -- Preface. 'Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee'. ContentsI. The decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions -- II. The archaeological materials; the excavations at Susa and the origin of bronze -- III. The Sumerians -- IV. The relation of Babylonian to Egyptian civilization -- V. Babylonia and Palestine -- Vi. Asia Minor -- VII. Canaan in the century before the exodus. Subject: Cuneiform inscriptions. Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. Cuneiform writing. Inscriptions, Cuneiform. Assyria - Antiquities. Series: The Rhind lectures in archaeology. Item #187461
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