Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht
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346 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS men were in entire accord as to the feasibility of such a plan, 1 and as two members of the committee "warmly advocated it," 2 promising to work towards its realization if the Ottoman government should apportion a sufficient number of antiquities to the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Peters' methods of exploring soon had another chance of being tested with regard to their actual merits. For upon the recommendation of Hamdv Bey, who had not forgotten the extraordinary difficulties and losses of our first expedition and the praiseworthy energy and perseverance displayed by the second, the Sultan presented to the American university all those tablets and archaeological objects not required to complete the collections of the Imperial Museum. As soon as the present writer had sufficiently recovered from a long and severe illness contracted at Nuffar, which had made him an invalid for almost a year, he commenced the studv of the newly acquired cuneiform material and reported on its great interest and value. In the spring of 1892 the committee decided upon another expedition, the details of which were arranged "at a meeting in Newport between Dr. Pepper, Mr. E. W. Clark, Mr. Haynes, and Dr. Peters." 3 The last-mentioned gentleman "drew up with Haynes the plan of work, and drafted general instructions for the conduct of the excavations," 2 while it was left to Professor Hilprecht to prepare a list of all the known Babylonian kings and patesis in cuneiform writing with an accurate reproduction of the palaeographical peculiarities of the Nuffar inscriptions, and to write down such additional hints as might enable Haynes to find and to identify the names of the principal rulers on the different monuments. About the same time a committee on publications was 1 Comp. Peters' own story, /. c. , vol. ii, pp. 342, seq. 2 Comp. Peters, /. c, vol. ii, pp. 369, seqq. 8 Comp. Peters, /. c, vol. ii, p. 371.

DURING 10 CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 347 formed with Mr. C. H. Clark as chairman, and H. V. Hilprecht as secretary and editor-in-chief. On the basis of a detailed plan submitted by the latter, the results of the expeditions were authorized to be published in four distinct series. With the aid of the American Philosophical Society the first volume of Series A appeared in 1893, an

DURING 10 CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 347<br />

formed with Mr. C. H. Clark as chairman, and H. V. <strong>Hilprecht</strong><br />

as secretary and editor-<strong>in</strong>-chief.<br />

On <strong>the</strong> basis of a detailed<br />

plan submitted by <strong>the</strong> latter, <strong>the</strong> results of <strong>the</strong> expeditions<br />

were authorized to be published <strong>in</strong> four dist<strong>in</strong>ct series.<br />

With <strong>the</strong> aid of <strong>the</strong> American Philosophical Society <strong>the</strong> first<br />

volume of Series A appeared <strong>in</strong> 1893, an

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