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THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT

OF GENESIS.

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CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS. •

CONTAIIONG

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CREATION, THE DELUGE, THE

TOWER OF BABEL, THE DESTRUCTION OJr SODOM7

THE TIMES OF THE PATRIARCHS,

AND NIMROD;

BABYLONIAN Jr.ABLES, AND LEGENDS OP THE GODS j

PROK THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS.

BY GEORGE SMITH,
FORMERLY OP TllE DEP.A.RTJIENT OP OBIBNT..lL .ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSBUar,
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.A.UTBOR OP " BISTORY OP A88URB.ANIPAL, .A.88YRJ.AN

DI8COTKBIE8," ETC. ETC.

A NEW EDITION, THOROUGHLY BBVISED AND COB.RECTED {WITH )

ADDITIONS ,

BY A. H. SAYCE,
DEPU'.rY-PROF.B880R OP OOKP.A.RATIVE PHILOLOGY 11' TUB
UXIVERSITY Oli' OXFORD.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, AND RIVINGTON,

CROWN BUILDINGS, FLEET STREET.

1880.

(All Higkt8 Reserved.)

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