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A Commentary on the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Babylonia and Assyria: Including Readings of the Inscription on the Nimrud Obelisk, and a Brief Notice ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology) - Softcover

Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke

 
9781108077477: A Commentary on the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Babylonia and Assyria: Including Readings of the Inscription on the Nimrud Obelisk, and a Brief Notice ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology)

Synopsis

This short work of 1850 summarises the progress of Sir Henry Rawlinson in the decipherment of Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions.

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Book Description

This short publication of 1850 summarises the progress up to that date in the decipherment of Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions by Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810–95). It offers a linguistic and archaeological background to his work, along with his interpretation of king lists and other inscriptions.

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