The earliest written annals of the Greeks, Etruscans, and But of these early records a very small portion only has escaped the ravages of time and barbarism. After political relations began to be established, the necessity of preserving a register of passing seasons and years would soon be felt, and the practice of recording important transactions must have grown up as a necessary consequence of social life. For these reasons the history of the early ages of the world is involved in almost impenetrable obscurity, and chronology, comparatively speaking, is only of recent origin. The masterpieces of Herodotus and Thucydides, while setting forth, each in the manner suited to the author's aim, events in the order of their succession, are stories without dates. Writing was practised many centuries before historians began to assign dates to the events they narrated. The invention of the art of writing afforded the means of substituting precise and permanent records for vague and evanescent tradition but in the infancy of the world, mankind had learned neither to estimate accurately the duration of time, nor to refer passing events to any fixed epoch. Events which greatly affected the physical condition of the human race, or were of a nature to make a deep impression on the minds of the rude inhabitants of the earth, might be vaguely transmitted through several ages by traditional narrative but intervals of time, expressed by abstract numbers, and these constantly varying besides, would soon escape the memory. Before the invention of letters the memory of past transactions could not be preserved beyond a few years with any tolerable degree of accuracy. The preservation of any record, however rude, of the lapse of time implies some knowledge of the celestial motions, by which alone time can be accurately measured, and some advancement in the arts of civilized life, which could only be attained by the accumulated experience of many generations. Distinctions Between Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Seals. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. The original drawings used in this volume are held in copyright by The British Museum and are available for reproduction on application to the Department of the Middle East. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. ISBN 978 90 04 15615 9 © Copyright 2007 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. of Ancient Near East Antiquties- Catalogs. Seals (Numismatics)-Middle East-Catalogs. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ![]() of Ancient Near East Antiquities of the British Museum. From the collection deposited at the Dept. III : impressions of stamp seals on cuneiform tablets, clay bullae, and jar handles / by Terence C. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum. ![]() Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mitchell, T.C. Published in Collaboration with The Trustees of the British Museum Stemberger (University of Vienna)Ĭatalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals III: Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles Gruber (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) - I. Avery-Peck (College of the Holy Cross) - H. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism Editorial BoardĪssociate Editors A. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum
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