New York, NY: Basic Books, 1982. 8Vo. 2Nd revised and enlarged edition, 1st printing. Xxii + [232] pp. Printed light tan cloth, foxing atop text block, price sticker inside front cover. Dust jacket top edge wear. Pages: clean, white, as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages.

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Title: Forgotten Scripts: Their Ongoing Discovery and Decipherment
Publisher: Basic Books, Inc. , Publishers, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1982
Language: English
ISBN 10: 046502484X
ISBN 13: 9780465024841
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Second Revised Edition; First Printing.
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Codes and ciphers -- 2.) The decipherment of Egyptian -- 3.) Grotefend's decipherment of Old Persian -- 4.) Reclaiming the Sumero-Akkadian legacy -- 5.) Cuneiform and hieroglyphic Hittite -- 6.) Ugaritic : decipherment and impact -- 7.) The Aegean syllabary -- 8.) The Elba archives -- 9.) A sampling of unlocked treasures.

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