Cuneiform /anglais

This is a beautiful, informative, and high-quality little book. A great introduction for anyone interested in history or linguistics.The images were abundant and of outstanding quality. The book was very understandable (no academic jargon). I finished it an afternoon.If you really like the history of ancient Mesopotamia, you might also check out "Ancient Mesopotamia" by Professor Amanda Podany on Audible. If you're more into linguistics, then there's lecture series called Writing and Civilization delivered by Marc Zender on Amazon Video that was great. I thought they both complimented this book well.

I had seen you-tube videos of one of the authors and it compelled me to purchase this one. Excellent read. Well paced and extraordinary contents for such a small book. I felt I was in a well scripted, interesting lecture. SUPERB photography. It gives a concise to-the-point historical summary on cuneiform, yet it also transcends to the world it served or created. It provides a historical insight of an epoch through an obscure written-language. It also makes the reader reflect on his beliefs. In short, it doesn't fail to inform, captivate and did I mention it is in understandable intelligent prose? After 20+ years of ED and the 5 diplomas that allow different professional experiences that allow the "it's time to retire now and read whatever you want", you are ALWAYS thrilled whenever less than $20 provides you with a lucky, pleasant surprise that shows you something new. I read it in a day and have been reflecting on it for a week. I guess I'm just trying to say: at least, I liked it well enough.

This is a nice little book containing good basic information about cuneiforms. The author Irving Finkel is a renowned expert and a curator at the British Museum. But the book only contains 103 pages (not counting the index), and about half of that space is taken up by very nice photographs of clay tablets. My problem involves the price. When I paid $27, a larger than average fee for a book, I expected something a lot more substantial. The cover price on the book is 10 British pounds, so there was a heavy mark-up somewhere along the line.

Awesome book. Irving Finkel (check out his vids on Youtube) is amazing, and his love of Cuneiform is contagious! Terrific gift book too, for anyone interested in history.

Love this book, but be aware that it IS basically the same book as one of a similar title by the same author.

Finkel is one of the very few people on this planet who can share his love of cuneiform to the general public. He has a great sense of humor and his knowledge of the subject is a wonder. Curious about cuneiform? Read this book.

Great content.

A better quality book than I had anticipated.

Very well written with lots of interesting historyHowever I would have appreciatedCuneiform symbols clearly set out charts perhaps historical changes in form rather than at each illustration or pagePage 15 has an old and new which is interesting …I may be asking for the work to be done for me I suspect so caught up in the histories and people ..page 46 is lush ..88 shows counting days !!a visit to the small room at the end of the Egyptian hall in BM holds clay tablets enjoy

I am a words lover and I do think that the disparition of a langage is a loss for humanity. Cuneiform is a very interesting form of writing according to me and through this book you have a clever approach of it.What's more, how funny to imagine that the very serious author was also able to write light literature such as The Last Resort Library.

If you are interested in ancient history this is an excellent book. Well written and informative.Sadly, most subsequent books have been a great disappointment.

I used it to learn more about cuneiform, after hearing a talk about the history of the area. The book was helpful in giving an introduction to the role of cuneiform and it gives an outline of how the script itself worked. There are good photographic illustrations of material in the British Museum.

Really good primer or introduction to Cuneiform. Quite a short book but well written and illustrated.Would love to find a longer book in a similar style.