Herbert Cushing Tolman
Published: 2015-07-04
Total Pages: 152
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Excerpt from Ancient Persian Lexicon: And the Texts of the Achaemedian Inscriptions Transliterated and Translated With Special Reference to Their Recent Re-Examination The results of their Elamite studies put forth with such assur ance by Husing, Jensen, Bork, and others, I have used perhaps with too great caution. We are forced to admit that our knowl edge of this language, notwithstanding our richly increased ma terial (seheil, T ewtes e'lamites-se'mttignes, Temtes e'lamites - anzan Mes; De'le'g. En Perse, 1900 is still very inadequate, and I feel it is hazardous to base our interpretation of the Persian on a corresponding Elamite expression which is not absolutely certain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.