II.] 



HISTORIC TIMES AND PEOPLES. 



EVOLUTION OF THE AKKADIAN CUNEIFORMS. 



1000 B.C. 

 and later. 



M 



g 



-f. 

 :=?HK 



About 2500 

 to 1500 B.C. 







Oldest known line forms, 

 3000 B.C. and earlier. 



=t> 



\ 





A 



a 



=M c. 



' 



"bird." 



" 



sheep " (pro- 

 bably a sheep- 

 fold). 



"ox." 



; 'togo," 

 " to stand. 



"hand." 



"man." 



"dagger." 



"fish." 



"reed." 



"reed." 



"corn' : ("ear 

 of corn ''). 



"god," 

 "heaven." 



" constellation," 

 " star." 



