Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 900
earlier, because according to theircontents Karkemish is apparentlv held no longer bv anAssvrian king but bv a king of Cilicia. At this point the further question mav be put, how oldthis hieroglyphic system of ours reallv is. We mav point DURING 191 CENTURY: HITTITES 767 to the fact that even in… … Hittite Inscription on a Bowl from Babylon already modified by the influence of the cursive. It followsfrom this that the system is of earlier date than the Ha-math inscriptions, that is, earlier than about looo b. c. Itis to be noted on the other hand that about 1400 theAssyrio-Babylonian…
