. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . and offered Khumbto-khaldash once more the choice between the extraditionof the Chaldsean or the immediate reopening of seems to have had a moments hesitation, but whenNabo-bel-shumi was informed of the terms offered by theenvoy, life had no more value in his eyes : he desireddeath. He ordered his shield-bearer to slay him, andwhen the man refused to do so, declaring that he couldnot live without his master, they stabbed each othersimultaneously, and perished, as they had lived, , delivered by t
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . and offered Khumbto-khaldash once more the choice between the extraditionof the Chaldsean or the immediate reopening of seems to have had a moments hesitation, but whenNabo-bel-shumi was informed of the terms offered by theenvoy, life had no more value in his eyes : he desireddeath. He ordered his shield-bearer to slay him, andwhen the man refused to do so, declaring that he couldnot live without his master, they stabbed each othersimultaneously, and perished, as they had lived, , delivered by this suicide from hisembarrassments, had the corpse of the master and thehead of the faithful shield-bearer duly embalmed, and sentthem to Nineveh. Assur-bani-pal mutilated the wretchedbody in order to render the conditions of life in the otherworld harder for the soul: he cut off its head, and forbadethe burial of the remains, or the rendering to the deadof the most simple offerings. About this time the jfU (V Prayer in the Desert After Painting by Gerome. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE ARABS OP KEDAR 257 inhabitants of Blt-Imbi, of Til-Khumba, and a dozen othersmall towns, who had fled for refuge to the woods ofMount Saladri, came forth from their hiding-places andcast themselves on the mercy of the conqueror: hedeigned to receive them graciously, and enrolled them inhis guard, together with the prisoners taken in the lastcampaign. He was contented to leave Elam to itselffor the moment, as he was disquieted at the turn affairswere taking in Arabia. Abiyate, scarcely seated on thethrone, had refused to pay tribute, and had persuadedUate and Nadanu to join him in his contumacy; severalcities along the Phoenician seaboard, led away by hisexample, shut their gates and declared themselves in-dependent. Assur-bani-pal had borne all this patiently,while the mass of his troops were engaged againstKhumban-khaldash; but after the destruction of Susa,he determined to revenge himself. His force
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