Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : J. Murray · leaf 169
TERRA-COTTA WRITINGS. 113 TERRA-COTTA WRITINGS. The Assyrians, unlike any other nation of antiquity, employed pottery for the same objects, and to the same extent as papyrus was used in Egypt. Thus bulletins … No. 63. — Hexagonal prism, inscribed face. Each wedge is about -J- inch witb the records of a king’s reign. From Kouyunjik. Brit. Mus. long, and the complicity with which the characters (a cuneiform writing-hand) are arranged is wonderful, and renders them exceedingly difficult for a tyro to read.…
Pottery, Ancient · Pottery
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