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Reading the past : ancient writing from cuneiform to the alphabet / introduced by J. T. Hooker

by B. F. Cook, C. B. F. Walker, J. T. Hooker, John Chadwick, John Healey, Larissa Bonfante, W. Davies

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Accession 892 ISBN 076070726X Publisher Barnes & Noble
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