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Definition of Assyriology
1. Noun. Archeology of the ancient Assyrians.
Definition of Assyriology
1. n. The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.
Definition of Assyriology
1. Noun. (alternative form of assyriology) ¹
2. Noun. The study of the ancient Assyrian language and culture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Assyriology
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Literary usage of Assyriology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Herodotus and the Empires of the East: Based on Nikel's Herodot und Die by Herbert Cushing Tolman, Johannes S. Nikel, James Henry Stevenson (1899)
"... THE LIGHT OF assyriology. In recent years the literature of the Babylonians
and Assyrians has been made accessible through numerous explorations in the ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"When Persian, Susian, and Assyrian (or Babylonian) had been deciphered, the
foundations of the new science of assyriology had been laid. ..."
3. Literature of Theology: A Classified Bibliography of Theological and General by John Fletcher Hurst (1896)
"assyriology. BEZOLD, C. Oriental Diplomacy; being the transliterated Text of the
... EVANS, GEORGE, MA An Essay on assyriology. Pp. iv, 60, 8vo. Lond. ..."
4. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"Young Delitzsch became the founder of the present German school of assyriology.
First establishing himself as Privat-Dozent for assyriology at Leipzig, ..."