The Holman new self-pronouncing Sunday-school teachers Bible (1895) (14586853418)

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Title: The Holman new self-pronouncing Sunday-school teachers Bible
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Plate 56. BRICK OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II, KING OF BABYLON(B. C. 605-561). The inscription reads : I am Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, the restorer of thetemples of Sag-ili and Zida, the eldest son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. Bricks usedin the construction of public buildings bore the stamp of the king in whose reign they weremade. This brick measures 13 X 13 in. ; it is now in the British Museum.
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Plate 57. FRAGMENT OF A CLAY TABLET, inscribed in cuneiform char-acters with part of the Assyrian Account of the Creation, fromthe Library of Assur-bani-pal, king of Assyria (B. C. 668-626), at Nineveh. (British Museum, No. K. 5419.) The text describes a time when water was the parent of all things, when there was uni-versal darkness, and when as yet there was neither heaven, nor earth, and when the godsthemselves had not been begotten. Then the gods Lakhmu and Lakhamu were created,and afterwards the other gods, Shar, Kishar, &c., came into being. ^ :>v»: ::■>:•.: : . :.^.^:.y.i::^^r