. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. Cylinder with Assyrian Records. l^o NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap, wards baked. These documents appear to be of variouskinds, principally historical records of wars, and distantexpeditions undertaken by the Assyrians; royal decrees. Clay Tablet wuli ( v r iiiii I. (Irom Kouyunjik.) Stamped with the kings name ; lists of the gods, and pro-bably a register of offerings made in their temples; prayers ;tables of the value of certain cuneiform letters, expressed bydifferent al])habetical si
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. Cylinder with Assyrian Records. l^o NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap, wards baked. These documents appear to be of variouskinds, principally historical records of wars, and distantexpeditions undertaken by the Assyrians; royal decrees. Clay Tablet wuli ( v r iiiii I. (Irom Kouyunjik.) Stamped with the kings name ; lists of the gods, and pro-bably a register of offerings made in their temples; prayers ;tables of the value of certain cuneiform letters, expressed bydifferent al])habetical signs ; trilingual and bilingual voca-bularies of the Assyrian and of an ancient language once VII.] INSCRIBED CLAY TABLETS. 171 spoken in the country; grammatical phrases; calendars;lists of sacred days; astronomical calculations; lists ofanimals, birds, and various objects, &c. &c. Many aresealed with seals, and prove tobe legal contracts or conveyancesof land. Others bear rolled im-pressions of engraved some tablets are found Phoe-nician, or cursive Assyrian cha-racters and other signs. The adjoining chambers con-tained similar relics, but in farsmaller numbers. Many caseswere filled with these tablets,which are deposited in the BritishMuseum. We cannot overratetheir value. They furnish us v/ithmaterials
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