[371] Baruch, vi. 42, 43 (Ep. Jerem.); cf. Genesis xxxviii. 14 ff. [372] Ménant, "Babylone," p. 204. [373] Schrader, "Abstammung der Chaldæer," s. 405. So, too, Istar of Agane is opposed to Istar of Erech. [374] G. Smith, "Discov." p. 220; Schrader, "Höllenfahrt," p. 15 ff. [375] Schrader, "Keilschriften und Alt. Test." s. 69, 85, 86. [376] G. Smith, "Assurbanipal," p. 201. [377] Diod. 2, 30. [378] Plutarch, "De Isid." c. 48. [379] Diod. 2, 30. [380] Diod. 2, 31. [381] Sayce, "Bibl. Arch." 3, p. 137. [382] 2 Kings xxiii. 5-7. [383] Diod. 2, 31. [384] Stuhr, "Die Religionsysteme der Völker des Orients," 1, 424. [385] Sayce, "Bibl. Archæol." 3, p. 153. [386] Diod. 2, 30, 31; Daniel 4, 4. [387] Above, p. 268; Strabo, p. 739. [388] Movers, "Religion der Phoenizier," 2, 262, 275. [389] Schrader, "Assyrisch. Babyl. Keilschriften," s. 105. [390] G. Smith, "Discov." pp. 387, 388; Ménant, "Les Achæmenides." Recently a tablet has been found, supposed to belong to the time of Cæsar. [391] De Rougé, "Sur l'Origine Egyptienne de l'Alphabet Phénicien;" Lauth, "Sitzungsber. d. Bair. Akad. d." 10, 1867, pp. 84-124. The inscription of Mesha, king of Moab, proves by the formation and use of the letters that this alphabet had been known for a long time. [392] The Basalt duck of Irba Marduk--no doubt a piece of Babylonian booty--was found at Nineveh.--Layard, "Discoveries," p. 601; Schrader, "Assyr. Babyl. Keilschrift," s. 175; De Vogué, "Rev. Arch." 11, 366. [393] Ideler, "Handbuch der Chronologie," 1, 207; Sayce, "Bibl. Arch." 3, p. 160. [394] Ideler, "Sternkunde der Chaldaer," s. 214. [395] Brandis, "Münzwesen," s. 20 ff. [396] Herod. 2, 109. [397] Brandis, "Münzwesen Vorderasiens," s. 36 ff. [398] George Smith, "Records of the Past." 3, 11. [399] These statements are founded on the more recent forms established by Brandis, "Münzwesen Vorderasiens," s. 158, ff. [400] Brandis, _loc. cit._ s. 85. CHAPTER III. THE ART AND TRADE OF BABYLONIA.