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CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS

CHAPTER II
Niebuhr to De Morgan: a.d. 1765-1897	76
Niebuhr's 'Voyage en Arabie': a.d. 1765	76
Grotefend begins the Decipherment: a.d. 1802	82
Morier identifies the Tomb of Cyris: a.d. 1809	85
Sir William Ouseley's Travels: a.d. 1811	87
Sir R. Ker Porter becomes the chief authority: a.d. 1818	90
The Sphere of Discovery widens—The Elvend and Van Inscriptions: a.d. 1827	94
Rich visits Persepolis: a.d. 1821—His book published: a.d 1839	96
Westergaard copies Inscription at Naksh-i-Rustam: a.d. 1843	102
Major Rawlinson at Behistun: a.d. 1837-44	102
The French Expeditions: a.d. 1840, Texier	115
„ „ „ Flandin and Coste	118
Stolze's Photographic Views: a.d. 1878	128
Dieulafoy: a.d. 1881	131
Lord Curzon: a.d. 1890	131
Susa visited by Kinneir, Rawlinson, and Layard	133
Loftus excavates the Apadana: a.d. 1852	135
Dieulafoy discovers the Lion and Archers friezes: a.d. 1885	138
De Morgan and the Old Susian Inscriptions: a.d. 1897-9	143
Inscriptions found in Egypt	146
CHAPTER III
Decipherment of the First or Persian Column: Tychsen to Lassen: a.d. 1798-1836	149
Niebuhr gives the first Old Persian Alphabet	149
The predecessors of Grotefend: Tychsen and Münter: a.d. 1798	151
Hager on Babylonian Inscriptions: a.d. 1801	163
Lichtenstein thinks them Arabic	166
Grotefend deciphers 'Hystaspes, Darius, and Xerxes': a.d. 1802	168
Discoveries on the site of Babylon: a.d. 1808-11	192
Rich's Two Memoirs	193
St. Martin introduces Grotefend to France: a.d. 1822	195
Rask identifies two letters: a.d. 1826	202
Burnoufs 'Mémoires sur deux Inscriptions': a.d. 1836	204