. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . , has been gradually accepted by all Assyriologists (Lenor-mant, Les Premières Civilisations, vol. ii. pp. 67-81, and Les Origines de lHistoire, p. 238, et seq.,note 4; Sayce, Babylonian Literature, p. 27, et seq. ; Hacpt, Der Keilinschriftliche Sintfluthbericht,pp. 10,11, 24, notes 10, 11); by some, however, with some reserve (A. Jeremias, Izdubar-Nimrod,pp. 66-68 ; Sauveplane, Une Epopée Babylonienne, pp. ). 3 Smith (The Chaldxan Account of Genesis, p. 194) remarked the difference between the repre-sentations of Gilgames and the typ
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . , has been gradually accepted by all Assyriologists (Lenor-mant, Les Premières Civilisations, vol. ii. pp. 67-81, and Les Origines de lHistoire, p. 238, et seq.,note 4; Sayce, Babylonian Literature, p. 27, et seq. ; Hacpt, Der Keilinschriftliche Sintfluthbericht,pp. 10,11, 24, notes 10, 11); by some, however, with some reserve (A. Jeremias, Izdubar-Nimrod,pp. 66-68 ; Sauveplane, Une Epopée Babylonienne, pp. ). 3 Smith (The Chaldxan Account of Genesis, p. 194) remarked the difference between the repre-sentations of Gilgames and the typical Babylonian : he concluded from this that the hero was ofEthiopian origin. Hommel (Geschichte Babyloniens und Assyriens, p. 292) declares that his featuresliave neither a Sumerian nor Semitic aspect, and that they raise an insoluble question in ethnology. 4 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from an Assyrian bas-relief from Khorsabad, in the Museum of theLouvre (A. de Longpérier, Notice des Antiquités assyriennes, 3rd edit., pp. 28-30, Nos. 4, 5).. 576 ANCIENT CHALD2EA. relegated them. He has no longer a rival in their hearts, but thy subjectsare led to battle, and Gilgames does not send one child back to his and day they cry after him : It is he the shepherd of Uruk, the well-protected,1 he is its shepherd and master, he the powerful, the perfect and thewise. 2 Even the women did not escape the general enthusiasm : he leavesnot a single virgin to her mother, a single daughter to a warrior, a single wifeto her master. Ishtar heard their complaint, the gods heard it, and criedwith a loud voice to Aruru: It is thou, Aruru, who hast given him birth;create for him now his felldw, that he may be able to meet him on a day whenit pleaseth him, in order that they may fight with each other and Uruk may bedelivered. When Aruru heard them, she created in her heart a man of washed her hands, took a bit of clay, cast it upon the earth, kneadedit and created Eabani, the w
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