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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 54 — Chapter I

Walter Armstrong translation

Hence the name pictography which some scholars apply to this primitive form of writing. The term is clear enough, but unluckily it is ill composed: it is a hybrid of Greek and Latin, which is sufficient to prevent its acceptance by us.

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