Author: OPPERT, JULES:
Title: La peuple et la langue des Mèdes. Paris 1879.
Description: . Pp. xi, 296. Contemporary half calf, spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering, rubbed and hinges weak. Partly some minor foxing. Original wrappers bound in. Jules Oppert was a member of the French Archeological Mission to Mesopotamia 1851-54, during which the site of ancient Babylon was identified. Deals with the language, mainly the grammar, and gives detailed descriptions of different inscriptions from Bisoutoun, Elvend, Persépolis, Nakch-i-Roustam and Xerxès.

Keywords: Near East, syria, persia


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