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 902
ch, how-ever, are nothing more than suppositions. Though it was comparatively easy to fix the chronologyof the inscriptions approximately, insurmountable difficul-ties seemed to stand in the way of their decipherment.Writing, language, and content were equally unknown. Inthe year 1880, however,… … Bilingual Inscription on the Silver Bossof Tarkondemos 770 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS ing to the end desired,^ but it miscarried and had to mis-carry. For the very peculiar character of the bilingual in-scription made it impossible to reach a sure result by itsaid. For, in the first place, the…
