assyriology
Noun
Meaning
The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHypernyms
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Examples
Assyriology has since pieced together the formerly largely forgotten history of Mesopotamia.
Students concentrating (majoring) in the department choose a track of either Egyptology or Assyriology.
Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 12:203–14.
The isolation of Assyriology, Egyptology, and even Biblical Studies from Biblical archaeology may have been necessary for each discipline to better define its own identity and to achieve adequate confidence in its own area.