. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ese seers are mentioned in the texts of Gudea with the prophetesses who tellthe message of the gods (Statue B du Louvre, in Heuzey-Sarzec, Fouilles en Chaldée, pl. 16, col. 1-3 ; cf. Amiaxjd, The Inscriptions of Telloh, in the Records of the Fast, 2nd series, vol. i. p. 78. * In a formula drawn up against evil spirits, for the purpose of making talismanic figures for theprotection of houses, it is said of Merodach that he inhabits the image —ashibu salam—which hasbeen made of him by the magician (Rawlinson, Can. Ins. W. As., vol. iv. pi.
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ese seers are mentioned in the texts of Gudea with the prophetesses who tellthe message of the gods (Statue B du Louvre, in Heuzey-Sarzec, Fouilles en Chaldée, pl. 16, col. 1-3 ; cf. Amiaxjd, The Inscriptions of Telloh, in the Records of the Fast, 2nd series, vol. i. p. 78. * In a formula drawn up against evil spirits, for the purpose of making talismanic figures for theprotection of houses, it is said of Merodach that he inhabits the image —ashibu salam—which hasbeen made of him by the magician (Rawlinson, Can. Ins. W. As., vol. iv. pi. 21, No. 1, 11. 40, 41 ;cf. Fk. Lenormant, Études Accadiennes, vol. ii. pp. 272, 273 ; vol. iii. pp. 104-106). 5 This is what Gudea says, when, describing his own statue which he had placed in the templeof Telloh, he adds that he gave the order to the statue: To the statue of my king, speak!(Amiaud, in Heuzey-Sarzec, Découvertes en Chaldee, p. xii. 11. 21-25). The statue of the king, inspired 2 T G42 TUE TEMPLES AND TUE GODS OF CE ALB THE ADORATION OP THE MACE AND THE ■ images, as in Egypt, which were cleverly contrived so as to emit sounds bythe pulling of a string by the hidden prophet ? Voices resounded at night inthe darkness of the sanctuaries, and particularly when a king came there toprostrate himself for the purpose of learning the future : his rank alone, whichraised him halfway to heaven, prepared him to receive the word from on highby the mouth of the More frequently a priest, accustomed from child-hood to the office, possessedthe privilege of asking thedesired questions and ofinterpreting to the faithfulthe various signs by meansof which the divine will wasmade known. The spirit ofthe god inspired, moreover,whatever seemed good tohim, and frequently enteredinto objects where we should least have expected to find it. It animated stones,particularly such as fell from heaven ;3 also trees, as, for example, the tree ofEridu which pronounced or
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