 Notwithstanding the extreme difficult} of rendering the inscriptions of Nimroud and Khorsabad available for the illustration of history, owing to the practice which the Assyrians followed of distinguishing their proper names by the sense, rather than...  M. Botta's Letters on the Discoveries at Nineveh - Page viiiby Paul Emile Botta - 1850 - 74 pagesFull view - About this book
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...illustration of history, owing to the practice which the Assyrians followed of distinguishing their proper names by the sense, rather than by the sound ; so that the form of a name could bo varied ad libitum, by the employment of synonyms, expressed either symbolically or phonetically.... | |
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...illustration of history, owing to the practice which the Assyrians followed of distinguishing their proper names by the sense, rather than by the sound ; so that the form of a name could bo varied ad libitum, by the employment of synonyms, expressed either symbolically or phonetically.... | |
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