A Guide to the Old Persian Inscriptions (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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The Old Persian language deserves a larger place in American scholarship than it has yet received. Here tofore the work has been left entirely to European scholars, and it is due to a desire to awaken an inter est ih this old tongue among scholars of our own country that this little book has come into existence. I take the opportunity of expressing my gratitude to my pupil, wolcott webster ellsworth, a gradu ate of Yale and a member of the American Oriental Society, for help furnished me. He has taken my manuscript, which was in most part in the form of lec tures, and arranged the whole work for the press. He also rendered much service in the transliteration of the cuneiform text.

I shall gladly receive all suggestions or corrections which may make this volume more helpful in impart ing enthusiasm in the study of this our sister tongue.

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