UID:
almafu_9960118815902883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 461 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-97974-4
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection
Content:
The Assyriologist George Smith (1840-76) was trained originally as an engraver, but was enthralled by the discoveries of Layard and Rawlinson. He taught himself cuneiform script, and joined the British Museum as a 'repairer' or matcher of broken cuneiform tablets. Promotion followed, and after one of Smith's most significant discoveries among the material sent to the Museum - a Babylonian story of a great flood - he was sent to the Middle East, where he found more inscriptions which contained other parts of the epic tale of Gilgamesh. In this 1875 work, a bestseller in its day, Smith describes his expedition, the difficulties encountered, and the discoveries, including hundreds of inscriptions which increased knowledge of the Babylonian and Assyrian civilisations but also had a profound effect on traditional biblical studies. Smith died in Aleppo in 1876, having revolutionised understanding of the ancient Near East.
Note:
Reprint. Originally published: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875.
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Includes index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-07899-0
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139979740
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