Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 98
re 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… … Fig. 00.—Assyrian tablet of clay,impressed with cuneiform inscrip-tion. With outer case. 80 THE V,()()K: TTS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. shape of a cover or Inndinj:, over written or printed matter.Some of the cuneiform liricks are said to date from thethird thousand years ji.c, and many of tlie later…
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