A Primer of Assyriology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108082341)

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.

Author: Archibald Henry Sayce
ISBN-10: 1108082343
ISBN-13: 9781108082341
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2016
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d