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The Hittites (1920)

Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest), 1861-1931 · London, Pub. for the British academy by H. Milford, Oxford university press · leaf 60

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a figure in the middle (fig. 25). Thehelp it gives is very small, and one could almost imagine thatTarkondemos was laughing at us when he had it made, so disap-pointing and elusive is it. First the cuneiform is a difficulty.It has been read Tar-ku-u-tim-me §AR MAT ERI-me-e, andtranslated T. king of… … Fig. 25. miscalculated his space, nor, if he had, would he have separatedthe Me from the word to which it belonged, and attached it tothe beginning of the legend. We must, therefore, read Me-eTar-ku-u-tim-me. This is good Sumerian. Dr. Langdon tellsme the style of the writing is that of the Kassite…

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