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Author : Ralph Norman Sharp
Release : 1976
Genre : Achaemenian inscriptions
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Book Synopsis The Inscriptions in Old Persian Cuneiform of the Achaemenian Emperors by : Ralph Norman Sharp
Download or read book The Inscriptions in Old Persian Cuneiform of the Achaemenian Emperors written by Ralph Norman Sharp. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sir Henry Creswicke RAWLINSON
Release : 1850
Genre : Assyria
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Book Synopsis A Commentary on the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Babylonia and Assyria by : Sir Henry Creswicke RAWLINSON
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Author : Karen Radner
Release : 2011-09-22
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture by : Karen Radner
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture written by Karen Radner. This book was released on 2011-09-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent look beyond the boundaries of the written word, using Mesopotamia's clay tablets and stone inscriptions not just as 'texts' but also as material artefacts that offer much additional information about their creators, readers, users and owners.
Author : Irving L. Finkel
Release : 2015
Genre : Cuneiform inscriptions
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Book Synopsis Cuneiform by : Irving L. Finkel
Download or read book Cuneiform written by Irving L. Finkel. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating documents from ancient civilization, written by a variety of people and societies. From reading these tablets we can understand not only the history and economics of the time but also the beliefs, ideas and superstitions. This new book will bring the world in which the cuneiform was written to life for the non-expert reader, revealing how ancient inscriptions can lead to a new way of thinking about the past. It will explain how this pre-alphabetic writing really worked and how it was possible to use cuneiform signs to record so many different languages so long ago. Richly illustrated with a wealth of fresh examples ranging from elementary school exercises to revealing private letters or beautifully calligraphic literature for the royal library, we will meet people that arent so very different from ourselves. We will read the work of many scribes from mundane record keepers to state fortune tellers, using tricks from puns to cryptography. For the first time cuneiform tablets and their messages are not remote and inaccessible, but wonderfully human documents that resonate today.
Author : Archibald Henry Sayce
Release : 1907
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Archæology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions by : Archibald Henry Sayce
Download or read book The Archæology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions written by Archibald Henry Sayce. This book was released on 1907. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
