Describes the writing system used from before 3000 BC to AD 75 by Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and other Mesopotamian cultures. Origin and development -... Show moreDescribes the writing system used from before 3000 BC to AD 75 by Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and other Mesopotamian cultures. Origin and development -- Tablets and monuments -- Scribes and libraries -- The geographical spread -- Decipherment -- Sample texts -- Fakes -- Where to see cuneiform inscriptions. C.B.F. Walker. Main Heritage Compact General PJ3837.A6 W35 1987 Book Item-ID: i24889659 BIB-ID: 2701729 Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index. Show less