A Primer of Assyriology

CHAPTER II

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THE DISCOVERY AND DECIPHERMENT OF THE INSCRIPTIONS

The Site of Babylon--The Site of Nineveh--Excavations--The Decipherment of the Inscriptions--The Decipherment tested-- Sumerian--Vannic--Other Languages--The origin of the Cuneiform Syllabary--Simplification of the Syllabary 18