The archæology of the cuneiform inscriptions,
by A. H. Sayce. Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee.
- Cambridge, Cambridge University Press; 2019.
- 220 p. 16 pl. (incl. front., 2 maps) 21 cm.
"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.