Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht
Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht
416 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS inscribed surfaces. Frequently they crumbled to dust immediately after their discovery or soon afterwards, on their way from Nuffar to Constantinople. The often advised baking of such tablets was not only useless, but proved repeatedlv even most damaging, as it accelerated the process of dissolution and hardened the dirt, filling the cuneiform characters to such a degree that it could not be removed later. Thus far, none of the means generally recommended has proved an effective preservative for tablets doomed to destruction long before they are discovered. While the large mass of documents obtained from this ridge (VII- VII I) has to do with transactions of private Cassite Account Tablet. About 1400 b. c. individuals, there are others which evidently have reference to government affairs and to the business administration of the temple. This is especially the case with a number of tablets excavated in the southeast section (VI), situated opposite the priests' quarters and the temple library (IV). It seems, therefore, not unlikely that the temple owned some property on the west side of the canal also, and that a large government building once occupied part of this mound. The fragments of several barrel cylinders of Sargon of Assyria (722-705 b. c.) discovered at VI by the first (comp. pp. 312, seq., above) and third expeditions point in this direction. It cannot be denied, on the other hand, that a number of the objects coming from these hills most assuredly were out of their original places, and very
DURING 19TB CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 417 probably were carried at different times from the temple quarters to the west part of the city. I count among these antiquities a terra-cotta dog with a brief neo-Babylonian legend ; several stray lapis lazuli discs from the upper strata with votive inscriptions of Kurigalzu, Nazi-Maruttash and Votive Tablet of Ur-Enlil. About 4000 b. c. Upper Section : Ur-Enlil offering a libation to Enlil ( Bel). Loiver Section : A pastoral scene [goat, sheep, herdsmen). Kadashman-Turgu (about 1400 b. c.) ; a fine inscribed terra-cotta vase, about 3 inches high, of the third pre- Christian millennium, originally filled " with the choicest oil " and presented as " a bridal gift " to some deity ; the flat round ends of two inscribed terra-cotta cones found in
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DURING 19TB CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 417<br />
probably were carried at different times from <strong>the</strong> temple<br />
quarters to <strong>the</strong> west part of <strong>the</strong> city. I count among <strong>the</strong>se<br />
antiquities a terra-cotta dog with a brief neo-Babylonian<br />
legend ; several stray lapis lazuli discs from <strong>the</strong> upper strata<br />
with votive <strong>in</strong>scriptions of Kurigalzu, Nazi-Maruttash and<br />
Votive Tablet of Ur-Enlil. About 4000 b. c.<br />
Upper Section : Ur-Enlil offer<strong>in</strong>g a libation to Enlil ( Bel).<br />
Loiver Section : A pastoral scene [goat, sheep, herdsmen).<br />
Kadashman-Turgu (about 1400 b. c.) ; a f<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>scribed<br />
terra-cotta vase, about 3 <strong>in</strong>ches high, of <strong>the</strong> third pre-<br />
Christian millennium, orig<strong>in</strong>ally filled " with <strong>the</strong> choicest<br />
oil " and presented as " a bridal gift " to some deity ; <strong>the</strong><br />
flat round ends of two <strong>in</strong>scribed terra-cotta cones found <strong>in</strong>
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