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 911
Thus, without being able to reada single symbol, I was in a position to explain a not in-considerable portion of the inscriptions. Furthermore, Icould make out various points which went far to determinethe character of the Hittite speech. Thus the substantiveshave flectional endings, those for the… … DURING lOrii CENTURY: HITTITES 111 This fact alone excludes the possibility of a connectionwith the so-called Turanian languages on the one side andthe Semitic tongues on the other. It is now to be noted that the word for I contains aconsonant of the same class as one word for this, and theending…
