- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Nabu Press (September 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1149464119
- ISBN-13: 978-1149464113
- Product Dimensions: 18.9 x 24.6 x 1.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 848 g
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Over priced little Assyrian reader for practice, if needed., Nov 23 2011
By P. Blosser "Chronologist" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Records of the Reign of Tukulti-Ninib I, King of Assyria, about B.C. 1275 (Paperback)
Actually, I got this by mistake. I wanted the records of Tukulti-Adar, but found this to be a surprising and excellent source for reading Assyrian cuneiform. The cuneiform parallels the English translations in a rather easy format. I did find the cuneiform letters brisk, clear, and should be easy to read for those into reading Assyrian cuneiform.Its real value, accidently to me, was in furthering my interest in the chronology of stylistic writing of ancient Great Kings. The records of other 13th century Great Kings- Ramesses II and contemporary Hittite kings' adoration of their gods; just doesn't compare with Tukulti-Ninib I lack of adoration of his gods in this book. The adoration is not even comparable of Assyrian Tiglath-Pileser I (1115-1075) adoration of his gods, and stylistically compares best with the Assyrian kings of the 9th century such as Ashur-Nasir-Pal II and Shalmaneser III. I found other stylistic differences but the most glaring was the treatment of godly adoration. Therefore, I have to question the dating of this king to 1275 BCE, based only upon stylistic comparisons.
Was it worth the money? Maybe if, you need or really want more practice in reading Assyrian cuneiform, and I didn't. There isn't much history included in the records so no real historical biography is going to be produced from reading this either. However, because of the stylistic differences I noticed, it turned out to be of value to me, and worth keeping in my library.
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