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On the ancient inscribed Sumerian (Babylonian) axe-head from the Morgan Collection in the American Museum of Natural History / by George Frederick Kunz ; with translation by Ira Maurice Price ; and discussion by William Hayes Ward.
LIBRA 507 N484.4 v.21
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932.
- Series:
- Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 21, article 5.
- Bulletin / American Museum of Natural History ; vol. 21
- Language:
- Akkadian
- English
- Sumerian
- Subjects (All):
- Votive offerings.
- Stone implements.
- Axes.
- Babylonia--Antiquities.
- Babylonia.
- Axes--Iraq--Babylonia.
- Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian.
- Stone implements--Iraq--Babylonia.
- Votive offerings--Iraq--Babylonia.
- Iraq--Antiquities.
- Iraq.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- pages 37-47 leaves of plates, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Babylonian axe-head
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [Published by order of the Trustees, American Museum of Natural History], [1905]
- Language Note:
- Includes cuneiform text of Sumerian inscription, with transliteration into Akkadian, and English translation.
- Notes:
- Title from caption.
- At head of title: Article 5.
- Date of publication: Apr. 6, 1905. Cf. introd. text to v. 21.
- "Read before the New York Academy of Sciences, Jan. 29, and Feb. 27, 1905."
- "The axe was purchased for Messrs. Tiffany and Co. by the author, and, through the generosity of James Pierpont Morgan, Esq., was presented to the American Museum of Natural History."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 31841264
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