cuneiform

The early inhabitants of Armenia, who have left us inscriptions in the cuneiform character, also belonged to it.

The history of cuneiform writing is especially instructive as regards the point under present discussion.

As M. mile Burnouf tells me, three dots in a row, in the Persian cuneiform inscriptions, denote royal majesty.

Burnouf, denote royal majesty in the Persian cuneiform inscriptions.

In regard to the history of these monarchies, much light has been obtained from the decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions.