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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), 1845-1933Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press; 2019. Description: 220 p. 16 pl. (incl. front., 2 maps) 21 cmISBN: 9781108082396Subject(s): Cuneiform writing | Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian | Assyria -- AntiquitiesLOC classification: DS69.5 | .S3
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.