Cuneorum Clavis, the primitive alphabet and language of the ancient ones of the earth, by means of which can be read the Cuneiform Inscriptions on the ... and other remains discovered in Assyria;

by H.W. Hemsworth

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. 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.

220 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1875

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[Osiris Oliphant]

the description from Weiser Antiquarian Books, Inc.

The author, Daniel Smith, was an eccentric amateur linguist, whose interest in the language of ancient Assyria was fired by viewing the displays at the British Museum of the discoveries made by Layard at Nimrud and of Nineveh. Smith observed what he thought were similarities between the cuneiform letters and those of the Greek alphabet, and began work to reconstruct a proto-alphabet, which he eventually decided was Hebrew, but written in triangular shapes. In 1851 some mysterious circumstance caused Smith to flee London for Australia, where he eventually published the first of the fruits of his studies in 1864. Convinced that the literary and scholarly world would embrace his genius, he returned to England in 1867, only to find himself dismissed and ignored. He responded by haunting the meetings of relevant learned societies, and accusing the experts of being frauds who deliberately ignored his discoveries to cover their own ignorance.