. The Babylonian story of the deluge as told by Assyrian tablets from Nineveh : e discovery of the tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith . ets are verymuch smaller, and resemble small pillows in shape. Theprincipal subjects dealt with in the tablets are history, annalisticor summaries, letters, despatches, reports, oracles, prayers,contracts, deeds of sale of land, produce, cattle, slaves, agree-ments, dowries, bonds for interest (with impressions of seals,and fingernails, or nail marks), chronography, of Eponyms, astrology (forecasts, omens, divinations,charms, spel
. The Babylonian story of the deluge as told by Assyrian tablets from Nineveh : e discovery of the tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith . ets are verymuch smaller, and resemble small pillows in shape. Theprincipal subjects dealt with in the tablets are history, annalisticor summaries, letters, despatches, reports, oracles, prayers,contracts, deeds of sale of land, produce, cattle, slaves, agree-ments, dowries, bonds for interest (with impressions of seals,and fingernails, or nail marks), chronography, of Eponyms, astrology (forecasts, omens, divinations,charms, spells, incantations), mythology, legends, grammar,law, geography, etc.^ George Smiths Discovery of the Epic of Gilgamish andTHE Story of the Deluge, The mass of tablets which had been discovered by Layardand Rassam at Nineveh came to the British Museum in 1 For a full description of the general contents of the two greatLibraries of Nineveh, see Bezold, Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets ofthe Koiiyilnjik Collection, Vol. V., London, 1899, p. xviiij^- ; and King,Supplement, London, 1914, p. xviiij^^. TABLET FROM THE TEMPLE OF NEBO WITH -•- /,». /. ^■mM^ Astrological Omens concerning cities. TABLET WITH COLOPHON. 23 TABLET FROM THE TEMPLE OF NEBO WITH COLOPHON. ^■t^^sr
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