Cuneiform
by
 
Finkel, Irving L., author.

Title
: 
Cuneiform
 
Ancient scripts
 
Ancient scripts.

Author
: 
Finkel, Irving L., author.

ISBN
: 
9781606064474

Personal Author
: 
Finkel, Irving L., author.

Publication Information
: 
Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2015].

Physical Description
: 
110 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm.

Series
: 
Ancient scripts
 
Ancient scripts.

Contents
: 
Looking backwards and forwards -- Going to school -- Who used cuneiform writing? -- How do we understand it, anyway? -- The scribe revealed -- What happened to cuneiform? -- How did it work? -- Counting days -- Why study cuneiform? -- Cuneiform code chart.

Abstract
: 
Thanks to the use of clay tablets as a writing medium, cuneiform records have survived for thousands of years, providing a fascinating glimpse into the political, economic, and religious institutions of ancient Mesopotamia.

Subject Term
: 
Cuneiform writing.
 
Cuneiform inscriptions.
 
Cuneiform tablets.

Added Author
: 
Taylor, J. (Jonathan),

Bibliographical References
: 
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.

Field 805
: 
npmlib 10600527 PJ3193 F56 ysh


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NPM LibraryPJ3193 F56 2015106005271B*二館西文書一區