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Edward Hincks (1792-1866), the Irish Assyriologist and decipherer
of Mesopotamian cuneiform, was born in Cork and spent forty years
of his life at Killyleagh, Co. Down, where he was the Church of
Ireland Rector. He was educated at Midleton College, Co. Cork and
Trinity College, Dublin, where he was an exceptionally gifted
student. With the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs by
Jean Francois Champollion in 1822, Hincks became one of that first
group of scholars to contribute to the elucidation of the language,
chronology and religion of ancient Egypt. But his most notable
achievement was the decipherment of Akkadian, the language of
Babylonia and Assyria, and its complicated cuneiform writing
system. Between 1846 and 1852 Hincks published a series of highly
significant papers by which he established for himself a reputation
of the first order as a decipherer. Most of the letters in these
volumes have not been previously published. Much of the
correspondence relates to nineteenth-century archaeological and
linguistic discoveries, but there are also letters concerned with
ecclesiastical affairs, the Famine and the Hincks family. Volume
III 1857-1866: Edward Hincks continued his scholarly activities
throughout the final decade of his life. He contributed one of four
translations of an inscription of Tiglath Pileser I independently
made in a bid to convince sceptical scholars that the decipherment
of Akkadian had been accomplished. There was a satisfactory end to
the disgraceful treatment of his translations of Akkadian texts
which had been prepared for the Trustees of the British Museum in
1854. In 1859 he began his friendly correspondence with the
Egyptologist Peter le Page Renouf of the Catholic University in
Dublin and in 1863 the Prussian King Wilhelm I conferred on him the
Ordre pour merite. During the last two years of his life he wrote
"Specimen Chapters of an Assyrian Grammar" which was published just
after his death.
Edward Hincks (1792-1866), the Irish Assyriologist and decipherer
of Mesopotamian cuneiform, was born in Cork and spent forty years
of his life at Killyleagh, Co. Down, where he was the Church of
Ireland Rector. He was educated at Midleton College, Co. Cork and
Trinity College, Dublin, where he was an exceptionally gifted
student. With the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs by
Jean Francois Champollion in 1822, Hincks became one of that first
group of scholars to contribute to the elucidation of the language,
chronology and religion of ancient Egypt. But his most notable
achievement was the decipherment of Akkadian, the language of
Babylonia and Assyria, and its complicated cuneiform writing
system.Between 1846 and 1852 Hincks published a series of highly
significant papers by which he established for himself a reputation
of the first order as a decipherer. Most of the letters in these
volumes have not been previously published. Much of the
correspondence relates to nineteenth-century archaeological and
linguistic discoveries, but there are also letters concerned with
ecclesiastical affairs, the Famine and the Hincks family.Between
1850 and 1852 Edward Hincks completed the main steps in the
decipherment of Akkadian. In 1851 he announced his sensational
discovery of the name of the Biblical king Jehu 'son of Omri' on
the famous Black Obelisk of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III,
which Layard had discovered at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). On other
clay tablets he identified the names of the king Menahem of
Samaria, the place Yadnan (Cyprus), and people referred to as
'Ionians'. His discoveries prompted Austen Henry Layard, the
excavator of Nimrud (he thought it was Nineveh) to invite him to
prepare translations of the inscriptions for his bestselling
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon.Layard was also
instrumental in persuading the British Museum to employ Hincks for
a year to transcribe and translate cuneiform texts. In 1856 Hincks
began to correspond with Henry Fox Talbot, pioneer of photography,
who was also interested in cuneiform. The variety and richness of
the correspondence provides a unique insight into the world of
Victorian intellectual and cultural life. Amongst Hincks'
correspondents were Samuel Birch, Franz Bopp, Friedrich Georg
Grotefend, William Rowan Hamilton, Christian Lassen, Austen Henry
Layard, Edwin Norris, George Cecil Renouard, and Peter le Page
Renouf. Volume I was published in 2007 and Volume III will be
published in 2009.
Edward Hincks (1792-1866), the Irish Assyriologist and one of the
decipherers of Mesopotamian cuneiform, was born in Cork and spent
forty years of his life at Killyleagh, Co. Down, where he was the
Church of Ireland Rector. He was educated at Middleton College, Co.
Cork and Trinity College, Dublin, where he was an exceptionally
gifted student. With the decipherment of ancient Egyptian
hieroglyphs by Jean Francois Champollion in 1822, Hincks became one
of that first group of scholars to contribute to the elucidation of
the language, chronology and religion of ancient Egypt. But his
most notable achievement was the decipherment of Akkadian, the
language of Babylonia and Assyria, and its complicated cuneiform
writing system. Between 1846 and 1852, Hincks published a series of
highly significant papers by which he established for himself a
reputation of the first order as a decipherer. Most of the letters
in these volumes have not been previously published. Much of the
correspondence relates to nineteenth-century archaeological and
linguistic discoveries, but there are also letters concerned with
ecclesiastical affairs, the Famine and the Hincks family. The
letters in volume 1 cover the period from the 1820s when Hincks was
a young clergyman and scholar, applying himself assiduously to his
family and parish duties, and vigorously pursuing his study of the
ancient Egyptian language, to the years 1846-9 during which he
announced his epoch-making discoveries in the decipherment of
Akkadian and its cuneiform writing system. There are dozens of
letters from friends and colleagues, which include exchanges on a
variety of subjects and offer a fascinating picture of scholarly
and intellectual activity, as well as of the political and
ecclesiastical events of the time. Hincks' unique research never
diverted him from his religious and civic responsibilities,
especially during times of crisis like the Famine. Amongst Hincks'
correspondents were Samuel Birch, Franz Bopp, Friedrich Georg
Grotefend, William Rowan Hamilton, Christian Lassen, Austen Henry
Layard, Edwin Norris, George Cecil Renouard, and Peter le Page
Renouf. Volumes 2 and 3 will be published in 2008 and 2009
respectively.
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++++ Specimen Chapter Of An Assyrian Grammar Edward Hincks Trubner
& Co., 1866 Foreign Language Study; Ancient Languages; Foreign
Language Study / Ancient Languages; History / General
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pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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