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CONTENTS
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| His Translations | 215 |
| Lassen's 'Altpersischen Keilinschriften': A.D. 1836 | 220 |
| Holtzmann's charge of plagiarism | 223 |
CHAPTER IV | |
| Beer and Jacquet to Rawlinson: A.D. 1838-46 | 287 |
| Jacquet's contributions to the 'Journal Asiatique': A.D. 1838 | 239 |
| Rawlinson translates two paragraphs of the Behistun Inscription for the Royal Asiatic Society: A.D. 1888 | 244 |
| He deciphers two new characters: A.D. 1839 | 248 |
| Grotefend's later contributions: Identifies Artaxerxes: A.D. 1837 | 251 |
| Lassen and Westergaard's edition of the Persian and Susian Inscriptions: A.D. 1845 | 253 |
| Holtzmann's Criticism | 262 |
| Edward Hincks begins his contributions: June 1846 . . . | 265 |
| Rawlinson's Supplementary Note and Memoir: A.D. 1840 . . | 271 |
| Estimate of his claims as a decipherer | 275 |
| His revised Translation of the Inscriptions | 291 |
| Hitzig, Benfey, and Oppert: A.D. 1847 | 294 |
CHAPTER V | |
| Decipherment of the Second or Susian Column: Westergaard to Oppert: A.D. 1844-62 | 298 |
| The early efforts of Grotefend . . . . | 299 |
| Westergaard's Essay and Translations: A.D. 1844-5 | 300 |
| Hincks's Contributions: A.D. 1840-7. | 307 |
| De Saulcy, Löwenstern, and Holtzmann: A.D. 1850
309 | |
| Norris: Contributions to 'J. R. A. S.': 1855 . | 314 |
| Oppert's first success . . . . | 320 |
| Old Susian and Malamir Inscriptions | 322 |
| Various names proposed for the Second Column | 324 |
| Oppert on 'Le Peuple des Medes': A.D. 1879 . | 326 |
CHAPTER VI | |
| Decipherment of the Third or Babylonian Column: Hincks and Rawlinson: A.D. 1846-51 | 337 |
| The Babylonian Inscriptions: Michaux Stone and East India House | 337 |
