First Steps in Assyrian: A Book for Beginners; Being a Series of Historical, Mythological, Religious, Magical, Epistolary and Other Texts Printed in ... and Translation (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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For the convenience of the beginner all the Babylonian texts included in this volume have been transcribed into the Assyrian character. It is of the greatest importance for him to become master of the so-called Ninevite script as soon as possible for almost every work found in Ashur-bani-pal's Royal Library at Nineveh is written in it. His Babylonian studies should begin when he is able to read the ordinary Assyrian character with ease.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a foundational resource for students of the ancient Assyrian language, essential to compreensão of inscriptions and literature from the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It provides an overview of the language's grammar and structure, with a focus on the cuneiform writing system that was used to record it. Also included are lists of the more common cuneiform signs and ideograms, together with a set of cuneiform texts with interlinear transliteration and translation. For the convenience of beginners, Babylonian texts are transcribed into the Assyrian character. This book is unique in that it includes materials covering all the main divisions of Babylonian and Assyrian literature, including historical, mythological, religious, magical, epistolary and other documents. Care has been taken to include those which are of importance from an historical point of view, among these, the account of the siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib in 701 B.C. and of the taking of Babylon by Cyrus in 538 B.C., as well as extracts from the now famous correspondence between the kings of Egypt and their Babylonian allies and vassals in the 15th century B.C. found in the Tell el-Amarna tablets. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333905927_0
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