Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions

This 1907 work describes the interactions among the different nations of the Near East and Asia Minor revealed by cuneiform tablets.

List of contents

Preface; 1. The decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions; 2. The archaeological materials; 3. The Sumerians; 4. The relation of Babylonian to Egyptian civilization; 5. Asia Minor; 7. Canaan in the century before the exodus; Index.

Summary

In this 1907 work, Sayce begins with the history of the decipherment of cuneiform, and goes on to describe what the tablets reveal of political and trade interactions among the different nations of the Near East and Asia Minor, and the relevance of these discoveries to Old Testament studies.

Product details

• Authors: Archibald Henry Sayce
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781108082396
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08239-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region