Babylon, Iraq, 1932
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Babylonian Tablets of the Berens Collection

ByRob Bradshaw
Cylinder-seals impressed on the clay bulls described on pp. 27-31 : 1. Dada, one of Dungi's scribes, led before his god; 2. A-zida, scribe, in a similar scene
Cylinder-seals impressed on the clay bulls described on pp. 27-31 : 1. Dada, one of Dungi’s scribes, led before his god; 2. A-zida, scribe, in a similar scene {Frontispiece]

Today’s free book is a Monograph by Theophilus G. Pinches on the Babylonian Tablets of the Berens Collection, complete with copies of the Texts and Seals. This public domain title was digitised using the copy from the library of Terence C. Mitchell.

Theophilus G. Pinches [1856-1934], The Babylonian Tablets of the Berens Collection with Copies of Texts and Seals. Asiatic Society Monographs Vol/ XVI. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1915. Hbk. pp.172. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • The Babylonian Tablets of the Beren Collection

Main image: Babylon, Iraq, 1932 CALL NUMBER: LC-M33- 14474[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-matpc-13231 (digital file from original photo) PART OF: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original photo) matpc 13231 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/matpc.13231 CARD #: mpc2005007825/PP

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