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These tablets belonged to the library of Assurbanipal at Nineveh, but the colophon says that they had been copied from older texts which came from the library of Cutha in Babylonia. This is Sayce’s second and improved translation of the inscription.

Julius (Jules) Oppert (1825-1905) was a French-German Assyriologist. Oppert was a voluminous writer upon Assyrian mythology and jurisprudence. This text examines legal cases from ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets.

King Menuas of Urartu was a great warrior and builder. Urartu centred on the district of Lake Van in Anatolia, but also extended over the Transcaucasian regions of modern Russia and into northwestern Iran in the ninth-sixth centuries BCE. This inscription deals with cities and territories conquered by Menuas.

Tiglath-Pileser I was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian period (1114-1076 BC). He expanded Assyrian rule into Anatolia and Syria, and to the shores of the Mediterranean. From this inscription, it is clear that cultivated a fear of himself in his subjects and in his enemies alike.

A discussion of the inscriptions found at the ruins of the ancient Sumerian city of Shirpurla. Besides Sumerian, there are also Semitic, Kassite, and Elamite inscriptions at this important archaeological site.

The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia (1903) consists of Egyptian religion in part one, including discussions of the sun god, the ennead, Osiris, and the journey of the soul. Part two deals with animism and the beliefs of Sumeria, Babylonia, and Assyria. The book comprises the Gifford Lectures on the Ancient Egyptian and Babylonian Conception of the Divine.

George Smith (1840-1876) was an English archaeologist and Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the most ancient works of literature. The Babylonian account was similar to the biblical account of the Flood in Genesis. Smith discovered many more tablet fragments of the flood story, and published his work in "The Chaldean Account of Genesis".

This is one of the few books on the mysterious Philistines. They were most likely emigrants from Mycenaean Greece and part of the Sea People migrations of the late Bronze Age. The Philistines occupied an area on the Mediterranean coast approximately corresponding to the current Gaza Strip and disappeared in the fifth century BCE.

They were enemies. She hated him, he couldn’t stand her, and that was that. Yeah. Right.

Dealing with Suicide & Depression: Getting Out of the Pit by Michael Misfeldt is a heartfelt journey through the depths of depression and the struggles of suicidal thoughts, offering hope and guidance from a deeply personal perspective. Through sharing his own experiences and faith-based insights, Misfeldt provides a compassionate approach to finding light amid darkness. This book serves as both a source of comfort and a practical guide for anyone battling mental health challenges or supporting a loved one through them.