Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern
CHAPTER II.
THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS.
EARLY LITERATURE—HISTORIC TABLETS—THE INSCRIPTIONS OF 30 NEBUCHADNEZZAR—THE FALL OF BABYLON—CYRUS, THE ACHÆMENIAN— BEHISTUN INSCRIPTIONS—DARIUS AT PERSEPOLIS—INSCRIPTIONS OF XERXES—ARTAXERXES—A LATER PERSIAN TABLET—RÉSUMÉ