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Annals of the Kings of Assyria. Vol. I [All Published]. The Cuneiform Text with Translations, Transliterations, Etc., from the Original Documents in the British Museum...

Budge, E. A. Wallis; L. W. King (eds.)

London: Printed by the Order of the Trustees, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11-1/4" x 8"). lxxv, (1), 391 (1)pp. Text in English and cuneiform. Original light brown cloth, blind-stamped ruling on cover and gilt stamped lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Black endpapers. Illustrated with full page offset reproductions of Assyrian texts. Appendix describing clay memorial tablet at rear. A very good + copy, but one that is ex-library, with a rubber stamp on the title page and a library pocket on rear pastedown.

"The earliest mention of the actual name of the country of Assyria in the cuneiform inscriptions is found in a letter addressed by Khammurabi, king of Babylonia, to his viceroy Sin-idinnam, whom he instructs to despatch to him two hundred and forty men of a regiment called the "King's Company," under the command of Nannar-iddina, who, the king goes on to say, "have left the country of Ashur and the district "of Shitullum." (Budge/King, eds.).

"Important series of Assyrian texts inscribed upon the bricks, memorial tablets, stelae, votive slabs, obelisks, and reliefs, etc. which are preserved in the British Museum and record the history of the early rulers and kings of Assyria from the reign of Irishum, about B.C. 2000., to that of Ashur-nasir-pal, who died in B.C. 860." (ditto). very good +. Item #53020

Price: $100.00