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The Chaldean Account of Genesis, by George Smith, [1876], at sacred-texts.com


THE

CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS.

CONTAINING
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CREATION, THE FALL OF MAN,
THE DELUGE, THE TOWER OF BABEL, THE
TIMES OF THE PATRIARCHS,
AND NIMROD;
BABYLONIAN FABLES, AND LEGENDS OF THE GODS;
FROM THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS.

BY GEORGE SMITH,

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM,
AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF ASSURBANIPAL,"
"ASSYRIAN DISCOVERIES,"
ETC. ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

London: Thomas Scott

[1876]

Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, by John Bruno Hare, December 2009. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

FIGHT BETWEEN MERODACH (BEL) AND THE DRAGON.
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FIGHT BETWEEN MERODACH (BEL) AND THE DRAGON.

Frontispiece
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Frontispiece

Title page
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Title page

EAGLE-HEADED MAN. FROM NIMROUD SCULPTURE.
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EAGLE-HEADED MAN. FROM NIMROUD SCULPTURE.

IZDUBAR STRANGLING A LION. FROM KHORSABAD SCULPTURE.
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IZDUBAR STRANGLING A LION. FROM KHORSABAD SCULPTURE.


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