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ANASSYRIAN MANUALFOR THE USE OF IN THEBEGINNERS STUDYOF THE ASSYRIAN LANGUAGEBYD. G. LYONPROFESSOR IN HARVARD UNIVERSITYCHICAGOHEBREWTHE AMERICAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF1886to Act of in theEntered, according Congress, year 1886, byD. G. LYON,in the Office of the Librarian of atCongress, Washington.3. S. CUSHING & BOSTON.Co., PRINTERS,PREFACE.THIS book is to meet the needs of those whodesigneddesire to become with the butacquainted Assyrian languagewho cannot have access to oral instruction. It is be-easilythat thislieved class is not a small one and that it will rapidlyThe remains are so rich in the most valuablegrow. Assyrianthat thematerials is no a to belanguage longer luxury enjo3'edthe but has abecome to the inby few, necessity specialistSemitic and The of con-history, religion linguistics. pointstact with the Hebrew and literature in arelanguage particularso numerous and of such character that no OldinterestingTestament can the results ofexegete ignore Assyrian study.Two obstacles have stood in the of those who desiregreat wayto become with the the lack of suitableacquainted language,for and the onbooks demand made the mem-beginners largefor the of the cuneiform It is the taskory acquisition signs.of the which constitutes the chieflearning signs difficulty.from the is not difficult.Indeed, apart this, language veryBut for one who is well withthis, Hebrew,fairly acquaintedread with lessmuch labor thanprose Assyrianmight ...
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AN
ASSYRIAN MANUAL
FOR THE USE OF IN THEBEGINNERS STUDY
OF THE ASSYRIAN LANGUAGE
BY
D. G. LYON
PROFESSOR IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
CHICAGO
HEBREWTHE AMERICAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF
1886 to Act of in theEntered, according Congress, year 1886, by
D. G. LYON,
in the Office of the Librarian of atCongress, Washington.
3. S. CUSHING & BOSTON.Co., PRINTERS, PREFACE.
THIS book is to meet the needs of those whodesigned
desire to become with the butacquainted Assyrian language
who cannot have access to oral instruction. It is be-easily
that thislieved class is not a small one and that it will rapidly
The remains are so rich in the most valuablegrow. Assyrian
that thematerials is no a to belanguage longer luxury enjo3'ed
the but has abecome to the inby few, necessity specialist
Semitic and The of con-history, religion linguistics. points
tact with the Hebrew and literature in arelanguage particular
so numerous and of such character that no Oldinteresting
Testament can the results ofexegete ignore Assyrian study.
Two obstacles have stood in the of those who desire
great way
to become with the the lack of suitableacquainted language,
for and the onbooks demand made the mem-beginners large
for the of the cuneiform It is the taskory acquisition signs.
of the which constitutes the chieflearning signs difficulty.
from the is not difficult.Indeed, apart this, language very
But for one who is well withthis, Hebrew,fairly acquainted
read with lessmuch labor thanprose Assyrianmight ordinary
it costs to learn Hebrew. That written in Hebrew
is, Assyrian
isor in Latin one of the easiest of the Semitic lan-letters,
No of can ever be anstudent, course, independentguages.
worker unless he also the cuneiform and thatacquires signs,
for the reason that the values of of the are vari-signsmany
able. But the to be transliterated,supposing signs correctly
it is to have a with thegood acquaintance languagepossible
without of the It is true of thelearning any signs. Assyrian
as of all that it lies not in the characters which
languages, PREFACE.iv
but in the sounds themselves. Thethe rec-sounds,represent
of this fact constitutes the chief of thepeculiarityognition
Manual. The author has learned severalAssyrian by years'
that the best is madein thebeginning b}-experience teaching,
of transliterated texts. Tims the time the student hasuse by
learned the most cuneiform he hasnecessary signs, already
and toa small thebegins appreciategathered vocabulary
structure of the Each in thisgrammatical language. step
direction increases his interest in the and thestudy lightens
the to Sometask of willcommitting signs memory. persons
content themselves without the Those who have moresigns.
or who wish to be of transliterations madetime, independent
the howeverwill not fail to irksomeothers, acquireby signs,
the task be.may
The central feature of the Manual is the collec-Assyrian
1-52.tion of transliterated The totexts, pages originals
these texts are all found in volumes I and V of "Thenearly
Cuneiform of Western and theAsia,"Inscriptions suspended
in each case the so that theline,figures represent original
be consulted. There is no morecan satisfac-perhapsreadily
method of the cuneiform thantory learning signs by reading
ofwith the aid transliterations. It is to be ob-inscriptions
in the transliterated texts in this book wordsserved that in
smaller words divided intodeterminatives,represent syl-type
lables such as are written and those" notrepresent syllabically,
as are written anso divided such cf.;represent by ideogram
xxv-xxvi. about whose I am inpp. readingIdeograms
doubt have been indicated bold-face ofby type. Groups signs
some ofhave also been sometimes thus indicated, which up-
turn to and others In the case ofout be syllables.ideograms
words written and also in the I haveideographic-ally glossary,
of Iundertaken to indicate the the havevowels,length though
not in all cases done so. This task is a difficult and theone,
decision must in cases be based Themany upon analogy.
texts those of Nabonidus and allselected, Cyrus,excepting
fall within what be called the classicmight Assyrian period.
