The Cappadocian Cuneiform Tablets (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Cappadocian Cuneiform TabletsThe tablets come from the mound (or mounds) of kara-byuk and Gyul - Tepe, 23 kilometers north-east of liaisariveh. The mound obtains its name of Black ltuin from the traces of tire which are everywhere visible in it and bear witness to its fate. The construc tion of its walls, which are of brick, as well as the pottery found in it, mark it oil from the ruins of the Ililtite cities in the vicinitv.The forms of the characters and the proper names found in the tablets belong to the era of llammurabi. Like the institution of limmi, however, the proper names also make it clear that the city was an Assyrian, not a Babylonian, colony, though it was probably founded when Assvria was still a province of Babylonia. Ll was, in fact, the last outpost of Assyria in the north-west.at the end of the military road which led along the valleys of the l'hiphrates and Tokhma-su to the metal-bearing districts of Asia Minor. From this region copper was exported at an early period to ssyria and llabylonia, and it is probable that it Was through this channel that the ssvriaus derived their knowledge of bronze. The tablets show that lead also formed an article of export.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.