Voices in stone
Subtitle: the decipherment of ancient scripts and writings
By: Ernest Doblhofer ; translated by Mervyn Savill.
Edition: 1st Collier Books ed.
Publisher: Collier
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Extinct languages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-321) and index.
Previously published: New York : Viking Books, 1961.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword ix; title: I. An introduction to writing 3; title: II. The riddle of the Sphinx: the decipherment of; title: Egyptian writing 38; title: III. Ahura Mazda came to my aid: the dedcipherment; title: of Old Persian cuneiform 85; title: IV. In cuneiform on six bricks: the decipherment of; title: Mesopotanmian cuneiform 123; title: V. Wedge and symbol of the land of Hatti: the inter-; title: pretation of Hittite cuneimiform and the decipher-; title: meat of Hittite hieroglyphs - 149; title: VI. "Cape Fennel" at "White Harbour" and (Gubla; title: the "city of paper': the decipherment of Ugaritic; title: and Gublitic 203; title: VII. Of gods and princes of commerce: the decipher; title: ment of the Cypriote syllabary 227.; title: VIII. War chariots and beakers: the decipherment of; title: Creto-Mycenaen Linear B. 238; title: IX Prince Kul-Tigin, Bilge-Kagan and the wise Ton-; title: jukok the decipherment of the Old Turkish runic; title: script - 271; title: X. Decipherment of tommorow Etruscan, the scripts; title: of the Indus Valley and of Easter Island; title: Notes294; title: Bibliography , , 3x8; title: Index 323.