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Cuneiform: Ancient Scripts

Cuneiform: Ancient Scripts

Finkel, Irving
Taylor, Jonathan

Paperback

Series: Ancient Scripts

Ancient History GeneralGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1606064479
ISBN13: 9781606064474
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: Apr 1 2015
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Cuneiform script on clay tablets is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The resilience of clay has permitted these records to survive for thousands of years, providing a fascinating glimpse into the political, economic, and religious institutions of the ancient Near Eastern societies that used this writing system.

A concise and accessible introduction to the topic, this book traces the history of cuneiform from its beginnings in the fourth millennium BC to its eventual demise in the face of the ever expanding use of alphabetic Aramaic in the first millennium BC. The authors explain how this pre-alphabetic system worked and how it was possible to use it to record so many different languages.

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