Cuneiform Inscriptions
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Author | : Irving L. Finkel |
Publisher | : British museum Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Cuneiform inscriptions |
ISBN | : 9780714111889 |
Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating documents from ancient civilization, written by a variety of people and societies. From reading these tablets we can understand not only the history and economics of the time but also the beliefs, ideas and superstitions. This new book will bring the world in which the cuneiform was written to life for the non-expert reader, revealing how ancient inscriptions can lead to a new way of thinking about the past. It will explain how this pre-alphabetic writing really worked and how it was possible to use cuneiform signs to record so many different languages so long ago. Richly illustrated with a wealth of fresh examples ranging from elementary school exercises to revealing private letters or beautifully calligraphic literature for the royal library, we will meet people that arent so very different from ourselves. We will read the work of many scribes from mundane record keepers to state fortune tellers, using tricks from puns to cryptography. For the first time cuneiform tablets and their messages are not remote and inaccessible, but wonderfully human documents that resonate today.
Author | : Sir Henry Rawlinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1849 |
Genre | : Cuneiform inscriptions |
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Author | : Miguel Civil |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Akkadian language |
ISBN | : 9781934309339 |
This is a collection of 107 new royal cuneiform sources that spans most of the written history of Mesopotamia, from the early Dynastic to the Achaemenid periods, and includes associated areas of Elam and Urartu. These are inscriptions on tablets, seals, and incantations bowls collected in the late 1980s and 1990s which derive from a great variety of collections. Each text is provided with full discussion of its contents accompanied by transliteration, translation, copy and photos. The photos are also available on the CDLI and Cornell University websites, where closer scrutiny of the individual tablets is possible.
Author | : Ralph Norman Sharp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Achaemenian inscriptions |
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Author | : Sir Henry Creswicke RAWLINSON |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1850 |
Genre | : Assyria |
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Author | : Shlomo Moussaieff |
Publisher | : Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
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This collection of 15 papers is a significant addition to our textual evidence for the world of the Bible: it presents over 50 inscriptions, tablets and seals from the collections of Shlomo Moussaieff, in Hebrew, Idumean, and cuneiform. Most of these texts are being published here for the first time. Contents David Noel Freedman, The Almost Perfect Fake and/or the Real Thing Ada Yardeni, A Note on a Qumran Scribe Peter van der Veen, Gedaliah ben Ahiqam in the Light of Epigraphic Evidence Martin Heide, Impressions from a New Alphabet Ostracon in the Context of (Un)provenanced Inscriptions: Idiosycrasy of a Genius Forger or a Master Scribe? Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni, The House of Baalrim in the Idumean Ostraca Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni, Why the Unprovenenced Idumean Ostraca Should be Published Edward Lipinski, Silver of Ishtar of Arbela and of Hadad Richard Hess, Aspects of Israelite Personal Names and Pre-exilic Israelite Religion André Lemaire, New Inscribed Hebrew Seals and Seal Impressions W.G. Lambert, A Document from a Community of Exiles in Babylonia Meir Lubetski, Two Egypto-Israelite Seals Chaim Cohen, The Yehoash Tablet Kathleen Abraham, An Inheritance Division among Judeans in Babylonia from the Early Persian Period Meir Lubetski, The Seal of a Royal Servant of the Judahite Monarchy Meir Lubetski, A Personal Seal: Shrhr ben Zephaniah
Author | : Karen Radner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 838 |
Release | : 2011-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019161761X |
The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent look beyond the boundaries of the written word, using Mesopotamia's clay tablets and stone inscriptions not just as 'texts' but also as material artefacts that offer much additional information about their creators, readers, users and owners.
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1452 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Subject headings, Library of Congress |
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Author | : A. H. Sayce |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2022-08-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"The archæology of the cuneiform inscriptions" by A. H. Sayce Sayce became interested in Middle Eastern languages and scripts while still a teenager. Old Persian and Akkadian cuneiform had recently been deciphered at the time and the world was interested in learning more about them. Sayce's book offered an easily-digestible guide.
Author | : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1456 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Subject headings, Library of Congress |
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