. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . ,11 %uJUL£^t,,<m^,ul. An Ancient Assyrian Bronze Tablet Representing the World in the Clutches of an Evil Demon. Collection of M. de Clercq. (After Lenormant), in incantation : The evil demons should get out, they should mu-tually kill one another. There is an ancient bronze tablet Avliicli shows thepicture of the world in the clutches of the Devil. Lenor-mant, when speaking of the Chaldean conception of hell,alludes to this remarkable piece of antiquity and de-scribes it as follows: A bronze plate
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . ,11 %uJUL£^t,,<m^,ul. An Ancient Assyrian Bronze Tablet Representing the World in the Clutches of an Evil Demon. Collection of M. de Clercq. (After Lenormant), in incantation : The evil demons should get out, they should mu-tually kill one another. There is an ancient bronze tablet Avliicli shows thepicture of the world in the clutches of the Devil. Lenor-mant, when speaking of the Chaldean conception of hell,alludes to this remarkable piece of antiquity and de-scribes it as follows: A bronze plate in tlie collection of M. De Clercq contains ina synoptic world-picture a representation of hell, and it is necessary ACCAD AND THE EARLY SEMITES. 47 that we liere give a description of it. One side of the bronze plateis entirely occupied by a four-footed monster, with four wings,standing on eagles claws. Raising himself on his hind feet, helooks as though he intended to jump over the plate against whichhe leans. His head reaches over the border as over the top of awall. The face of the wild and roaring monster t
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