Author Description

Excerpt from The Babylonian Tablets of the Berens Collection Notwithstanding that a large number of the temple-records found at tel-loh has been published, and that they are mainly texts of but little importance, certain minor historical details, Sumerian linguistic data, and information bearing upon Babylonian manners, customs, and religious beliefs, require that as many of these seemingly worthless documents as is possible should be reproduced. On this account I need not ask the indulgence of the student for the present issue of a further instalment of these inscriptions from the old site of: Lagas and elsewhere. Their contents, and the interesting cylinder-seals with which some of them are impressed, will be their justification for claiming his attention, as they have claimed mine and, in the first place, that of the owner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.