The Resurrection of Assyria: A Lecture Delivered in Renfield Presbyterian Church, Glasgow on January 31, 1875S. Bagster, 1875 - 63 Seiten |
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Accadian alike ancient annals army Assurbanipal Assyria and Babylonia Assyrian inscriptions Assyrian king Assyrian tablets Azariah Babylonian BAGSTER AND SONS battle Benhadad Bible Biblical Archæology Borsippa British Museum campaign Chaldean Chaldean dynasties characters chariots chief conquered conqueror Cuneiform Cuneiform Inscriptions Cyaxares Damascus death defeat deity Egypt Egyptian Elamitic Esarhaddon father François Lenormant glory gold Greek Grotefend Hazael Herodotus Hezekiah Holy Writ Ishtar Israel Izdubar Jerusalem Jewish king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Elam king of Judah kingdom language Lenormant Lord Merodach Baladan Migron monarch monuments Nabonidus Nabopalassar Nebo Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh Padiah palace Palestine Past Pekah Persian Records reign religious restored RESURRECTION OF ASSYRIA revolt ruins sacred Sargon Sayce sceptre scientific scribe Semitic Sennacherib Shalmaneser siege Society of Biblical soldiers sovereign Syria temple thee Thou throne Tiglath Pileser timin tion Transactions translated treasures tribute Turanian walls written
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 39 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Seite 41 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword : and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Seite 49 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the Brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Seite 42 - I, Sennacherib, king of multitudes, king of Assyria, have given chains of gold, stores of ivory, a cup of gold, crowns and chains besides, all the riches of which there are heaps, crystal and another precious stone and bird's stone : one and a half manehs, two and a half cibi, according to their weight : to Essar-haddon my son, who was afterwards named Assur-ebil-mucin-pal according to my wish ; the treasure of the Temple of Amuk and (Nebo)-irik-erba, the harpists of Nebo.
Seite 57 - ... to the centre of the place. It was a day of festivity among them, and whilst the citizens were engaged in dance and merriment, Babylon was, for the first time*, thus taken.
Seite 47 - Palace of Asshurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, to whom the god Nebo and the goddess Tashmit (the goddess of wisdom) have given ears to hear, and eyes to see what is the foundation of government. They have revealed to the kings, my predecessors, this cuneiform writing, the manifestation of the god Nebo, the god of supreme intelligence. I have written it upon tablets, I have signed it, I have placed it in my palace for the instruction of my subjects.
Seite 39 - ... teeth of buffaloes, dan wood, ku wood, a great treasure of every kind, and his daughters, and the male and female inmates of his palace, male slaves and female slaves, unto Niniveh my royal city after me he sent ; to pay tribute and do homage he sent his envoy.
Seite 15 - ... strong spirit of the head, the headspirit that departs not, the head-spirit that goes not forth, the head-spirit that will not go, the noxious head-spirit. Spirit of heaven remember, spirit of earth remember. TABLET VII The poisonous spittle of the mouth * which is noxious to the voice, the phlegm which is destructive to the . . ., the pustules of the lungs, the pustule of the body, the loss of the nails, the removal and dissolving of old excrement, the skin which is stripped off, the recurrent...
Seite 16 - TABLET I. Ten shekels of the best silver, (being) chains for Istar of Nineveh, which Billu-baladh, in the presence of Manuci-Arbela [here follow 3 seals], has lent on a loan ; the silver is to have interest paid upon it at 4 per cent. On the 3rd day of the month the silver has been given. (Dated) 3rd day of the month Sebat, during the eponymy of Rimmonsallim-ani.
Seite 3 - And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.