THE

CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS.

CONTAINING

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CREATION, THE FALL OF MAN,

THE DELUGE, THE TOWER OF BABEL, THE

TIMES OF THE PATRIARCHS,

AND NIMROD;

BABYLONIAN FABLES, AND LEGENDS OF THE GODS;

FROM THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS.

BY GEORGE SMITH,

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM,

AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF ASSURBANIPAL,"

"ASSYRIAN DISCOVERIES,"

ETC. ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

London: Thomas Scott

[1876]

Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, by John Bruno Hare, December 2009. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

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FIGHT BETWEEN MERODACH (BEL) AND THE DRAGON.

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Frontispiece

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Title page

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EAGLE-HEADED MAN. FROM NIMROUD SCULPTURE.

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IZDUBAR STRANGLING A LION. FROM KHORSABAD SCULPTURE.