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Berkeley, CA : London : University of California Press ; British Museum, c1987.
Description
Describes the writing system used from before 3000 BC to AD 75 by Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and other Mesopotamian cultures.
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LibraryThing member jaygheiser
Interesting little book
LibraryThing member TheCriticalTimes
Sometimes you have to wonder what motivates someone to write a non-fiction book and in this case you wonder who the author thought the audience would be. Here's the important fact you need to know: it's 64 pages. If all those pages contained useful facts that could get you started reading cuneiform
Having said that it is pretty much the only book out there that can function as an introduction to this ancient form of writing, which makes it essentially recommended reading.
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or even allowed you to learn its history to some depth it would be worth it. As it stands there is less detail in here than you will find on the Wikipedia page. And that's saying something. It would be surprising if you could even get a history channel special out of it.Having said that it is pretty much the only book out there that can function as an introduction to this ancient form of writing, which makes it essentially recommended reading.
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62 p.; 25 cm
ISBN
0520061152 / 9780520061156
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