A Primer of Assyriology Paperback / softback
by Archibald Henry Sayce
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology series
Paperback / softback
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Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933) became interested in Middle Eastern languages and scripts while still a teenager.
Old Persian and Akkadian cuneiform had recently been deciphered, and popular enthusiasm for these discoveries was running high when Sayce began his academic career at Oxford in 1869.
This 1894 work, published by the Religious Tract Society, is an introduction for a popular readership to the world of ancient Assyria.
Beginning with the geography of Mesopotamia and with the early archaeological discoveries in the region, Sayce next describes the decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions and tablets, and the knowledge gained from them, especially about the history of the region, and government and organisation, before describing religion, literature, and what can be deduced about everyday life.
An appendix gives weights and measures, lists of kings and gods, and a chronological table linking events known from the archaeological record to accounts in the Old Testament.
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- Pages:134 pages, 5 Plates, black and white; 1 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/02/2016
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- ISBN:9781108082341
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:134 pages, 5 Plates, black and white; 1 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/02/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108082341
