Research Catalog
Cuneiform
- Title
- Cuneiform / Irving Finkel and Jonathan Taylor.
- Author
- Finkel, Irving L.
- Publication
- London : The British Museum, 2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/text | Use in library | JFD 15-3855 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Taylor, Jonathan, 1973-
- Description
- 110 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 21 cm
- Subject
- Note
- Includes Cuneiform code chart (pages 102-103)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1, Looking backwards and forwards -- 2. Going to school -- 3. Who used cuneiform writing? -- 4. How do we understand it, anyway? -- 5. The scribe revealed -- 6. What happened to cuneiform? -- 7. How did it work? -- 8. Counting days -- 9. Why study cuneiform?
- Call Number
- JFD 15-3855
- ISBN
- 9780714111889 (pbk.)
- 0714111880 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 891658405
- Author
- Finkel, Irving L.
- Title
- Cuneiform / Irving Finkel and Jonathan Taylor.
- Publisher
- London : The British Museum, 2015.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating documents from ancient civilization, written by a variety of people and societies. From reading these tablets we can understand not only the history and economics of the time but also the beliefs, ideas and superstitions. This work will bring the world in which the cuneiform was written to life for the non-expert reader, revealing how ancient inscriptions can lead to a new way of thinking about the past.
- Added Author
- Taylor, Jonathan, 1973-
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-3855