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The Sumerian problem
- Title
- The Sumerian problem / edited by Tom Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Tom B. (Tom Bard), 1909-1999
- Publication
- New York : John Wiley & Sons, [1969]
- ©1969
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 29552.503 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 142 pages : illustrations, map; 21 cm
- Series Statement
- Major issues in history
- Uniform Title
- Major issues in history (John Wiley & Sons)
- Subject
- Note
- A collection of extracts with connective commentary by the editor.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 141-142.
- Contents
- First phase: Philology -- On the language and mode of writing of the ancient Assyrians / E. Hincks -- On the relation between the newly discovered Accadian language and the Indo-European, Semitic, and Egyptian languages / E. Hincks -- Sumerian studies / J. Oppert -- Critical observations on the supposed Turanians of Babylonia / J. Halévy -- "Correspondence" / J. Oppert and J. Halévy -- Sumero-Accadian question / C. Johnston -- Sumerian or cryptography / T.G. Pinches -- Tiele and the Sumerian question / J. Halévy -- Second phase: Archaeology -- History of Sumer and Akkad / L.W. King -- Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria / M. Jastrow -- Sumerians / C.L. Woolley -- Beginnings of civilization in Mesopotamia / E.A. Speiser -- Third phase: new approaches and a rationalization -- Sumerian problem reviewed / E.A. Speiser -- New light on the early history of the Ancient Near East / S.N. Kramer -- Ur and Eridu; the prehistory / J. Oates -- Ancient Iraq / G. Roux.
- ISBN
- 0471449407
- 9780471449409
- 0471449415
- 9780471449416
- LCCN
- 74081331
- OCLC
- ocm00016796
- 16796
- SCSB-116664
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library