Tell El-Amarna

Klappentext This richly illustrated Egyptian excavation report of 1894 features fragments of diplomatic cuneiform tablets from the fourteenth century BCE. Zusammenfassung A pioneering Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. Published in 1894, this richly illustrated excavation report from Tell el-Amarna features fragments of cuneiform tablets that contain diplomatic correspondence from the fourteenth century BCE, alongside other important artefacts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The site; 2. The palace and temple; 3. The houses; 4. The manufactures; 5. The jar inscriptions; 6. The cuneiform tablets; 7. The flint tools; 8. Historical results; Index; Plates.

Product details

• Authors: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, William Matthew Flinders Petrie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781108068390
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06839-0
• No. of pages: 100
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology