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Julius Oppert, Oppert Julius

Expedition Scientifique En Mesopotamie - Executee Par Ordre Du Gouvernement De 1851 a 1854 Par MM. Fulgence

English · Paperback / Softback

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Description

Published 1859-63, this two-volume work records significant archaeological results at the site of Babylon as well as cuneiform inscriptions.

List of contents

Préface; Introduction; Part I. Voyage d'Issus à Babylone: 1. D'Alexandrette à Alep; 2. Alep; 3. D'Alep à l'Euphrate; 4. De l'Euphrate à Diabekr; 5. Diarbekr ou Amida; 6. De Diarbekr à Djezireh; 7. Djezireth Ibn-Omar; 8. Entrée en Assyrie; 9. Ninive et Mossoul; 10. De Mossoul à Bagdad; 11. Bagdad; 12. Séleucie et Ctésiphon; 13. De Bagdad à Babylone; Part II. Babylone: 1. Hillah; 2. Le kasr; 3. Tell Amran Ibn Ali; 4. Babil; 5. Les autres édifices; 6. Birs-Nimroud et les ruines environnantes; 7. La ville du nord-est; 8. Les murs de Babylone; 9. Ruines détachées de Babylone; 10. Ruines autour de Babylone; 11. Excursion au Kifl; 12. Excursion à Kerbala; 13. Excursion vers le midi de Babylone; Part III. De Babylobe à Ninive: 1. Les ruines de la Chaldée; 2. Voyage de Bagdad à Mossoul; 3. Ninive; 4. Calach (Nimrod); 5. Khorsabad; 6. Retour en Europe; Additions et changements.

Summary

The Assyriologist Julius Oppert (1825–1905) made significant contributions to the decipherment of cuneiform Akkadian. This two-volume work, published 1859–63, describes the 1851–4 French expedition to Mesopotamia, which conducted important excavations at Babylon. Oppert reports on the journey, the archaeological results, and the deciphering of the cuneiform inscriptions.

Product details

Authors	Julius Oppert, Oppert Julius
Publisher	Cambridge University Press ELT

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	20.11.2014

EAN	9781108078979
ISBN	978-1-108-07897-9
No. of pages	386
Series	Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology Expédition scientifique en Mésopotamie
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) Mesopotamia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region

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