Babylonian Life and HistoryThe following pages have been written with the view of offering to the Bible student, in a small compass, a little of the history of Babylon, her thought, religion, and manners, and consequently the means whereby he may understand better some of the allusions of the prophets and Bible historians.-from the Introduction Almost 6,000 years after the beginning of their great society, and 2,600 years after its collapse, the heritage handed us by the ancient Babylonians still runs like a shining thread through our global civilization today, a profound cultural gift recognized in the 19th-century as their cuneiform language was first translated.Here, one of the most prominent antiquarians of the Victorian era introduces us to both the secular reality and the spiritual worldview of these sophisticated early people, from their daily life - including aspects of their food, clothing, and furniture - to their religious traditions, their devotion to astrology, and their practice of magic.Drawing on primary and secondary sources uncovered by the archaeology of the era, this is an important volume for students of mythology, religion, history, and historical research. SIR E.A. BUDGE (1857-1934) was curator of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at the British Museum form 1894 to 1924. Among his many works of translation and studies of ancient Egyptian religion and ritual is his best-known project, The Egyptian Book of the Dead. |
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... given us a version of the story of the flood ; it has told us of Babylon and Nineveh ; it has brought us face to face with Sennacherib , Tiglath- Pileser , Sargon , and Esarhaddon ; it has revealed to us the home , the language , and ...
... given us a version of the story of the flood ; it has told us of Babylon and Nineveh ; it has brought us face to face with Sennacherib , Tiglath- Pileser , Sargon , and Esarhaddon ; it has revealed to us the home , the language , and ...
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... given by Nabonidus in his cylinder . The Assyrians and Babylonians kept a good and strict reckoning of events Schroeder , Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament , p . 240 . past , and their general correctness goes to show that 8 ...
... given by Nabonidus in his cylinder . The Assyrians and Babylonians kept a good and strict reckoning of events Schroeder , Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament , p . 240 . past , and their general correctness goes to show that 8 ...
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... given over to a superstition , the utterly corrupt and debased form of its ancient pagan religion , with its belief in genii , ghosts , ghouls , and monsters . What was good in it has departed , with its might , its power , and ...
... given over to a superstition , the utterly corrupt and debased form of its ancient pagan religion , with its belief in genii , ghosts , ghouls , and monsters . What was good in it has departed , with its might , its power , and ...
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... given under No. 4 are simply translations of No. 1 , and are read , bab ilani and bab - ilu respectively . The mere look of the name →→→ Etells what it means . The first sign is a representation of a gate with its posts and bars ...
... given under No. 4 are simply translations of No. 1 , and are read , bab ilani and bab - ilu respectively . The mere look of the name →→→ Etells what it means . The first sign is a representation of a gate with its posts and bars ...
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... given the suburbs of the city are probably taken into consideration . The city was surrounded by two walls , the one called Imgur - Bel , the other Nimitti - Bel . They are mentioned by Herodotus . The outer wall is said to have been ...
... given the suburbs of the city are probably taken into consideration . The city was surrounded by two walls , the one called Imgur - Bel , the other Nimitti - Bel . They are mentioned by Herodotus . The outer wall is said to have been ...
Contents
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The Fight between Merodach Bel and the Dragon Frontispiece | 40 |
CHAPTER IV | 46 |
Stone object containing an Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar I B C 1120 | 51 |
CHAPTER V | 67 |
Inscription on the edge of the Bronze Step bearing the name | 71 |
Terracotta Cylinder containing the History of the Capture of Babylon | 83 |
CHAPTER VII | 90 |
Terracotta Cylinder of Antiochus king of Babylon B C 280261 | 99 |
CHAPTER VIII | 104 |
CHAPTER IX | 125 |
CHAPTER X | 148 |
Babylonian Seals | 153 |
PAGE | 76 |
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Akkad Antiochus Anunit Anzan army Assurbanipal Assyrian Assyrian king Babylonian Babylonian king battle Belshazzar Bible Bit-Karziyabku Borsippa bricks British Museum brother brought called Cambyses clay column contract tablets cuneiform cylinder Cyrus Darius defeated destroyed dwell E-sagili Egibi Egypt Elamite enemy Esarhaddon evil spirits father fortress gate give gods Gomátes governor hand heaven and earth inscribed inscriptions Isaiah Istar Jerusalem Jews king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Elam kingdom lady land liver be magnified lonian lord Magian marched Marduk Merodach Merodach-Baladan mighty month Moon Moon-god Nabonidus Nabopolassar Namar Naram-Sin nations Nebo Nebuchadnezzar Nergal Nineveh Ninip palace Persian prayer priest prince Queen rebelled reign about B.C. restored Rimmon Ritti-Marduk river Samas Sargon Sennacherib Shalmaneser II silver Sippara slew stone Sun-god temple thee thou throne thy heart rest thy liver Tiamat took translation walls words worship
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Page 90 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Page 92 - With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house : 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God...
Page 29 - While such is its size, in magnificence there is no other city that approaches to it. It is surrounded, in the first place, by a broad and deep moat, full of water, behind which rises a wall fifty royal cubits in width, and two hundred in height. (The royal cubit is longer by three fingers' breadth than the common cubit.) 179.
Page 90 - I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron. And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Page 74 - My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
Page 30 - The centre of each division of the town was occupied by a fortress. In the one stood the palace of the kings, surrounded by a wall of great strength...
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