NARRATIVE OF THE NINES - 1899 . in which he brought for-ward the theory that the tablet represented various scenesfrom the court of justice of the ancient Babylonish king-dom. The first section, he suggests, shows the mode ofpunishment or torture of criminals as practiced by theancients. The second represents the carrying into thecourt, attended by the herald of the court, of the officialdocuments. These are carried in the huge chest on theleft. The third and fourth sections show the court in ses-sion, but in the latter there is much doubt as to the signifi-cance of the figure upon the extreme
NARRATIVE OF THE NINES - 1899 . in which he brought for-ward the theory that the tablet represented various scenesfrom the court of justice of the ancient Babylonish king-dom. The first section, he suggests, shows the mode ofpunishment or torture of criminals as practiced by theancients. The second represents the carrying into thecourt, attended by the herald of the court, of the officialdocuments. These are carried in the huge chest on theleft. The third and fourth sections show the court in ses-sion, but in the latter there is much doubt as to the signifi-cance of the figure upon the extreme left. The publication of this article was received with muchenthusiasm, but anothei theory propounded by the HerrProfessor Grosskopf, of Leipsic caused the supporters of theBerlin theory to waver. Dr. Grosskopf attacked the Zeitung article at every pointand put forward the claim that the whole tablet representedscenes from the ritual worship of the Chaldeans, His argu-ments were strong and ably supported by the entire Uni- 78. versity of Leipsic, and the expectant and waiting worldbegan to fear the stone would never have an scientists, theologians and historians were aboutequally divided between the two theories. Reconciliationof them was impossible of course, and at last the two uni-versities joined together and selecting a perfectly impartialspecialist they sent him to the site of the excavations withorders to search further, regardless of expense. A year passed and at last the learned professor was heardfrom. A ponderous manuscript carefully sealed andaddressed to the Society arrived. Immense crowds gath-ered to hear the reading of the article and the hall of theSociety was thrown open to the public. After the usual address of respect to the Society thereader began something like this: Nachdem schon indiesen Jahren des neunzehnter Jahrhunderts, die klassischePhilologic, die gelehrte Theologie und Altertumskunde hat-ten vielUntersuchungengemacht,schicke
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