Mesopotamian Archaeology
by Percy S. P. Handcock
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. 1912
Number of pages: 425
Description:
In addition to the chapters which deal expressly with the cultural evolution of the dwellers in Mesopotamia, two chapters are devoted to the consideration of the Cuneiform writing -- its pictorial origin, the history of its decipherment, and the literature of which it is the vehicle.
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