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Cuneiform (Paperback)
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Cuneiform (Paperback)
Series: Ancient languages
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List price R291
Loot Price R255
Discovery Miles 2 550
You Save R36 (12%)
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Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the
oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing
medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could
survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating documents from
ancient civilization, written by a variety of people and societies.
From reading these tablets we can understand not only the history
and economics of the time but also the beliefs, ideas and
superstitions. This new book will bring the world in which the
cuneiform was written to life for the non-expert reader, revealing
how ancient inscriptions can lead to a new way of thinking about
the past. It will explain how this pre-alphabetic writing really
worked and how it was possible to use cuneiform signs to record so
many different languages so long ago. Richly illustrated with a
wealth of fresh examples ranging from elementary school exercises
to revealing private letters or beautifully calligraphic literature
for the royal library, we will meet people that arent so very
different from ourselves. We will read the work of many scribes
from mundane record keepers to state fortune tellers, using tricks
from puns to cryptography. For the first time cuneiform tablets and
their messages are not remote and inaccessible, but wonderfully
human documents that resonate today.
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