Cuneiform
Title:
Cuneiform
Ancient scripts
Ancient scripts.
Author:
Finkel, Irving L., author.
ISBN:
9781606064474
Personal 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.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.
Field 805:
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