Extinct languages / Johannes Friedrich
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York : Philosophical Library, c1957Description: 182 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Extinct languages.DDC classification: - F911E
- P211 F911E
- Also issued online.
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Translation of Entzifferung verschollener Schriften und Sprachen.
Translated from the original German by Frank Gaynor.
Pt. 1. The three great decipherments in the study of the ancient orient -- The Egyptian hieroglyphics -- Cuneiform writing -- The Hittite hieroglyphic writing -- Pt. 2. The decipherment and study of the other scripts and languages of the world -- The decipherment of other unknown scripts and languages -- The decipherment of other unknown scripts -- The translation of other unknown languages -- Pt. 3. Principles of the methodology of the decipherment of extinct scripts and languages -- Pt. 4. A few examples of undeciphered scripts -- The Sinaitic script -- The Cretan-Minoan script -- The Carian script -- The Indus Valley script.
Study of the history and methods of decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics and the cuneiform writing of a number of scripts and languages of the ancient world.
Also issued online.
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