George Smith

PREFACE BY THE EDITOR.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Chapter I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENESIS LEGENDS.

Chapter II. BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE.

Chapter III. CHALDEAN LEGENDS TRANSMITTED THROUGH BEROSUS AND OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS.

Chapter IV. BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY.

Chapter V. BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION.

Chapter VI. OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION.

Chapter VII. THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU.

Chapter VIII. THE EXPLOITS OF DIBBARA.

Chapter IX. BABYLONIAN FABLES.

Chapter X. FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS.

Chapter XI. THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS.

Chapter XII. MEETING OF HEA-BANI AND IZDUBAR.

Chapter XIII. DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA.

Chapter XIV. THE ADVENTURES OF ISTAR.

Chapter XV. ILLNESS AND WANDERINGS OF IZDUBAR.

Chapter XVI. THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND CONCLUSION.

Chapter XVII. CONCLUSION.

INDEX.

FOOTNOTES

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

In footnote 8 the star Benelnash is usually called Benetnash. This may be an alternative spelling so is unchanged.

In Chapter XIV it is possible that “change” should read “chain” in 32. thou didst strike him; to a pillar thou didst change him,

The cover was created by the transcriber and is placed in the Public Domain.

THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT
OF GENESIS.

THE
CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS

CONTAINING
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CREATION, THE DELUGE, THE
TOWER OF BABEL, THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM,
THE TIMES OF THE PATRIARCHS,
AND NIMROD;
BABYLONIAN FABLES, AND LEGENDS OF THE GODS;
FROM THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS.

BY GEORGE SMITH,
FORMERLY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM,
AUTHOR OF “HISTORY OF ASSURBANIPAL,” “ASSYRIAN
DISCOVERIES,” ETC. ETC.

A NEW EDITION, THOROUGHLY REVISED AND CORRECTED (WITH ADDITIONS),

BY A. H. SAYCE,
DEPUTY-PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
743 and 745 Broadway.