The Chaldean account of Genesis
by George Smith | 1876 | 63,564 words
The Chaldean account of Genesis, containing the description of the creation, the fall of man, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the times of the patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods; from the cuneiform inscriptions Author: Smith, George, 1840-1876 Subject: Bible; Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian; Creation Publisher: London ...
List Of Illustrations
- FRONTISPIECE, Photograph. Izdubar (Ximrod) in conflict with a lion, from an early Babylonian cylinder.
- Reverse of inscribed terra cotta tablet, containing the account of the Deluge, showing the various fragments of which it is composed, 10.
- Cannes and other Babylonian mythological figures, from cylinder, 39.
- Composite animals, from cylinder, 41.
- Fight between Merodach (Bel) and the dragon, to face p. 62.
- Sacred tree or grove, with attendant cherubim, from Assyrian cylinder, 89.
- Sacred tree, seated figure on each side and serpent in background, from an early Babylonian cylinder, 91.
- Bel encountering the dragon, from Babylonian cylinder, 95.
- Merodach or Bel armed for the conflict with the dragon, from Assyrian cylinder, 99.
- Fight between Bel and the dragon, from Babylonian cylinder, 102.
- Eagle-headed men, from Nimroud sculpture, to face p. 102.
- Sacred tree, attendant figures and eagle-headed men, from the seal of a Syrian chief, ninth century B.C., 106.
- Men engaged in building, from Babylonian cylinder, 158.
- and 15. Men engaged in building, from Babylonian cylinders, 159.
- View of Birs Nimrud, the supposed site of the Tower of Babel, 162.
- View of the Babil mound at Babylon, the site of the temple of Bel, 163.
- Tower in stages, from an Assyrian bas-relief, 164.
- Izdubar strangling a lion, from Khorsabad sculpture, to face p. 174.
- Migration of Eastern tribe, from early Babylonian cylinder, 188.
- Bowareych Mound at Warka (Erech), site of the temple of Ishtar, 237.
- Izdubar and Heabani in conflict with the lion and bull, 239.
- Izdubar, composite figures, and Hasisadra (Noah) in the ark, from early Babylonian cylinder, 257.
- Composite figures (scorpion men), from an Assyrian cylinder, 262.
- Hasisadra, or Noah, and Izdubar, from an early Babylonian cylinder, 283.
- Mugheir, the site of Ur of the Chaldees, 297.
- Cannes, from Nimroud sculpture, to face p. 306.