Assyria : $b Its princes, priests and peopleSayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
History
Assyria : $b Its princes, priests and people
Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Assyria -- History
Blissful lot of the spirit of Ea-bani described in the epic of
Gisdhubar, 76-7.
Botta and Layard's excavation brought to light Dur-Sargon and Nineveh,
26.
Bridges common on all the great roads through Western Asia in the
earliest ages; used for war and trade; the country then more populous,
and the roads numerous and well kept, 131-2.
C.
Calah founded by Shalmaneser I, whose descendants reigned six
generations; it became the seat of royalty under Assur-natsir-pal and
Shalmaneser II, 27-9; the palace rebuilt by Assur-etil-ilani, son of
Assur-bani-pal, 53.
Chairs, tables, and couches used at meals, 128.
Chaldæan account of the Deluge, and its relation to the Scriptural
narrative; the two compared and contrasted, 81-2.
Chariots often carried across mountains on the shoulders of men, or
animals; the royal chariot contained the king and two attendants, and
was followed by a guard and led horses, 124.
Charms and exorcisms used for curing diseases; the knotted cord and
leaves from a sacred book; repute of the witch and wizard, 120-1.
Code of moral precepts addressed to princes and courtiers; earliest
Accadian law book expressly protected slaves, 138.
Colossi dragged from the quarries on land by means of sledges, and on
rivers and canals by rafts; Sennacherib directed the removal of winged
bulls and deities from Balad, 90-3.
Contract tablets relating to loans, sales, leases of houses, and other
property: tablets translated: i. Loan of silver and interest paid on it;
ii. Loan of bronze; iii. Loan of silver; iv. Sale of a house; v. Sale of
slaves, 135-7.
Contrasts between the Assyrians and Babylonians, 66-7.
Creation legend from Cuthah, described chaos, and the formation of
monsters, followed by more perfect creatures; the legend from
Assur-bani-pal's library and its remarkable resemblance to the account
in Genesis; Assyrian account, 79, 80-1.
Cylinder, part of, containing Hezekiah's name, transcribed into
ordinary characters, 104-5; compared with one of Nebuchadnezzar's
inscriptions; transliteration and translation of part of the
inscription, 107-8.
Cyrus permitted the Assyrians to return to their old capital, and
released the Jewish exiles from Babylon, 53-4.
D.
Datilla, the river of death, at the mouth of the Euphrates, where
Gisdhubar saw the Chaldæan Noah after his translation; but in later
times the entrance to Hades and the site of the earthly Paradise were
removed to more unknown regions, 76.
Death of Tammuz lamented by Jewish females in the temple at Jerusalem,
65.
Deeds and contracts signed and sealed in the presence of witness, or
nail marks made by those unable to write, and the documents carefully
preserved, 133.
Defects in the tablets caused by the ignorance of the scribes, 112-3.
Deluge sent as a punishment for the wickedness of mankind, 82.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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