An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... inscriptions ; and when this had once been accomplished , the translation of the Assyrian transcripts with their numerous proper names , and with the aid of the immense stores of comparison which the discoveries at Nineveh and elsewhere ...
... inscriptions ; and when this had once been accomplished , the translation of the Assyrian transcripts with their numerous proper names , and with the aid of the immense stores of comparison which the discoveries at Nineveh and elsewhere ...
Page vii
... inscriptions , again , have thoroughly verified the method of interpretation . Not only are they consistent , but the names and facts are such as are required by historical criticism . The greatest stumbling - block in the way of the ...
... inscriptions , again , have thoroughly verified the method of interpretation . Not only are they consistent , but the names and facts are such as are required by historical criticism . The greatest stumbling - block in the way of the ...
Page ix
... inscriptions in Phoenician and Assyrian , on private contract - tablets and duck - weights . The maneh of the Phoenician is ma - na in Assyrian ; the proper names in the two legends agree , as well as the chief facts of a " sale , " and ...
... inscriptions in Phoenician and Assyrian , on private contract - tablets and duck - weights . The maneh of the Phoenician is ma - na in Assyrian ; the proper names in the two legends agree , as well as the chief facts of a " sale , " and ...
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... , so far as was possible ; and have only broken the rule in points where dispute might arise . QUEEN'S COLLEGE , OXFORD , May 11th , 1872 . A. H. SAYCE . ABBREVIATIONS USED . W. A. I. = Cuneiform Inscriptions of PREFACE . xi.
... , so far as was possible ; and have only broken the rule in points where dispute might arise . QUEEN'S COLLEGE , OXFORD , May 11th , 1872 . A. H. SAYCE . ABBREVIATIONS USED . W. A. I. = Cuneiform Inscriptions of PREFACE . xi.
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Archibald Henry Sayce. ABBREVIATIONS USED . W. A. I. = Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia , Vols . I. , II . , III . ( the fourth volume containing translations of Accadian hymns , is ex- pected to be published before the end of the ...
Archibald Henry Sayce. ABBREVIATIONS USED . W. A. I. = Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia , Vols . I. , II . , III . ( the fourth volume containing translations of Accadian hymns , is ex- pected to be published before the end of the ...
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Accadian accent accusative Achæmenian period adjectives Æthiopic anacu aorist Aphel Arabic Aramaic Aryan Asiatic assimilated Assur-bani-pal Assyr Assyrian attached Babylonian become case-endings character Chinese cima cloth cognate languages compared concave verbs consonant denoted dental dialects DICTIONARY doubled dropped dual Edited enclitic English Ethiopic expressed F. J. FURNIVALL feminine termination genitive grammar guttural Hebrew Himyaritic Hincks IMPERATIVE instance interchange Iphteal Istaphal king letter masculine Ménant mimmation Niphal nomen mutati nomen permanentis nominative noun numerals omitted Oppert original Pael Palel participle passive Permansive person singular Phoenician Precative preceding prefix preposition present primitive pronunciation quadriliteral rare reduplication root Royal Royal Asiatic Society Sanskrit sarru second person second radical Semitic languages Sennacherib sentence sewed Shaphel sibilant side sometimes status constructus subjunctive substantive suffix sunuti syllabaries syllable tablets tense Text third personal pronoun Translated triliteral Turanian ultu vowel vulgar weakened word
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