Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 98
are by far theearliest. They are coveredwith inscriptions printedin cuneiform characters,and contain records of sales of slaves, loans of money, salesof land and the like, and on the larger bricks and cylindersare longer inscriptions of greater interest, among themstories of the Flood. Many of… … Pig. 66.—Assyrian tablet of clay,impressed with cuneiform inscrip-tion. With outer case. 86 THE BOOK: ITS HISTOUY AND DEVELOPMENT. shape of a cover or binding over written or printed matter.Some of the cuneiform bricks are said to date from thethird thousand years B.C., and many of the later…
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