Author: SAYCE, A. H. (ARCHIBALD HENRY) (1845-1933)
Title: The archaeology of the cuneiform inscriptions
Description: 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.Weight in Kg appr.:

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