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- catalog abstract "Book Description: Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian clay tablets becomes an absorbing excursion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East.".
- catalog contributor b1197812.
- catalog contributor b1197813.
- catalog contributor b1197814.
- catalog coverage "Iraq Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c1966.".
- catalog date "1966".
- catalog date "c1966.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1966.".
- catalog description "Book Description: Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian clay tablets becomes an absorbing excursion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East.".
- catalog description "Prologue: -- 1: Treasure hunt -- 2: Books everlasting -- 3: Mound of seven cities -- 4: Dawn of understanding -- 5: Ancient ABC's -- 6: World of business -- 7: Business of religion -- 8: Kings' tales -- 9: Priests' tales -- 10: Babel and bible -- 11: Search for truth -- 12: Philosopher's stone -- 13: Three R's -- 14: People's resurrection -- 15: Arts and the man -- 16: Leaves from a diplomat's diary -- 17: On to Greece and Rome -- 18: West and East -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.".
- catalog extent "xv, 234 p. :".
- catalog isPartOf "Phoenix books, P2".
- catalog issued "1966".
- catalog issued "c1966.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Iraq Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Iraq.".
- catalog spatial "Mesopotamia.".
- catalog subject "Cuneiform inscriptions.".
- catalog subject "DS69.5 .C5".
- catalog subject "Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq.".
- catalog subject "Excavations (Archaeology) Mesopotamia.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: -- 1: Treasure hunt -- 2: Books everlasting -- 3: Mound of seven cities -- 4: Dawn of understanding -- 5: Ancient ABC's -- 6: World of business -- 7: Business of religion -- 8: Kings' tales -- 9: Priests' tales -- 10: Babel and bible -- 11: Search for truth -- 12: Philosopher's stone -- 13: Three R's -- 14: People's resurrection -- 15: Arts and the man -- 16: Leaves from a diplomat's diary -- 17: On to Greece and Rome -- 18: West and East -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.".
- catalog title "They wrote on clay : the Babylonian tablets speak today / by Edward Chiera ; edited by George G. Cameron.".
- catalog type "text".