Expedition scientifique en Mesopotamie - Executee par ordre du gouvernement de 1851 a 1854 par MM. Fulgence Fresnel, Felix Thomas, et Jules Oppert

The Assyriologist Julius Oppert (1825–1905) made significant contributions to the decipherment of cuneiform Akkadian. This two-volume work, published 1859–63, describes the 1851–4 French expedition to Mesopotamia, which conducted important excavations at Babylon. Oppert reports on the journey, the archaeological results, and the deciphering of the cuneiform inscriptions.