. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments ... Plate « CUNEIFORM TEXT OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR IT., king of Babylon ( 605-561). (Inscribed in archaic Babylonian characters upon a black basalt slab found among the ruins of Babylon, now in the India Office.) This text records the genealogy and titles of Nebuchadnezzar, and declares his reverence for the gods Marduk and Nebo. To build a temple in honour of the god Marduk, Nebuchadnezzar has brought together gold, silver, precious stones, bronze, costly woods, &c; and he describes the great works, architectural and other, which he und
. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments ... Plate « CUNEIFORM TEXT OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR IT., king of Babylon ( 605-561). (Inscribed in archaic Babylonian characters upon a black basalt slab found among the ruins of Babylon, now in the India Office.) This text records the genealogy and titles of Nebuchadnezzar, and declares his reverence for the gods Marduk and Nebo. To build a temple in honour of the god Marduk, Nebuchadnezzar has brought together gold, silver, precious stones, bronze, costly woods, &c; and he describes the great works, architectural and other, which he undertook to the glory of his gods, the beauty of his city, and the good of his people. He restored and completed Imgur-Bel and Nimitti-Bel, the great walls of Babylon, which his father Nabopolassar had begun, and he fortified Babylon on all 30
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