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By Leonard W. King, M.A., Litt.D., F.S.A.

Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
in the British Museum

Professor in the University of London King's College

First Published 1918 by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.

THE BRITISH ACADEMY
THE SCHWEICH LECTURES 1916

PREPARER'S NOTE This text was prepared from a 1920 edition of the book, hence the references to dates after 1916 in some places. Greek text has been transliterated within brackets "{}" using an Oxford English Dictionary alphabet table. Diacritical marks have been lost.

By Leonard W. King, M.A., Litt.D., F.S.A.

By Leonard W. King, M.A., Litt.D., F.S.A.

Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum Professor in the University of London King's College First Published 1918 by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. THE BRITISH ACADEMY THE SCHWEICH LECTURES 1916

Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
in the British Museum

Professor in the University of London King's College

First Published 1918 by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.

THE BRITISH ACADEMY
THE SCHWEICH LECTURES 1916