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The archæology of the cuneiform inscriptions, by A. H. Sayce. Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee.

By: Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933.
Contributor(s): Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London, New York, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. S. Gorham, 1907Description: 220 p. 16 pl. (incl. front., 2 maps) 21 cm.Subject(s): Cuneiform writing | Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian | Assyria -- Antiquities
Contents:
Preface.--I. The decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions.--II. The archæological 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. Index.
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"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."--Pref.

Preface.--I. The decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions.--II. The archæological 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. Index.

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