George Smith (1840-1876) was an English Assyrologist, apprentice engraver, but self-taught in cuneiform in the corridors of the British Museum. Eventually he was hired by Sir Henry Rawlinson, prominent archaeologist. Smith achieved world-wide attention when he discovered an account of the flood with obvious Biblical parallels in 1872, related in The Chaldean Account of the Deluge. This book expands on the previous work, and presents numerous translations of tablets, including the first print appearance of the Gilgamesh (Idzubar) cycle.

George Smith (1840-1876) was an English Assyrologist, apprentice engraver, but self-taught in cuneiform in the corridors of the British Museum. Eventually he was hired by Sir Henry Rawlinson, prominent archaeologist. Smith achieved world-wide attention when he discovered an account of the flood with obvious Biblical parallels in 1872, related in The Chaldean Account of the Deluge. This book expands on the previous work, and presents numerous translations of tablets, including the first print appearance of the Gilgamesh (Idzubar) cycle.

George Smith (1840-1876) was an English Assyrologist, apprentice engraver, but self-taught in cuneiform in the corridors of the British Museum. Eventually he was hired by Sir Henry Rawlinson, prominent archaeologist. Smith achieved world-wide attention when he discovered an account of the flood with obvious Biblical parallels in 1872, related in The Chaldean Account of the Deluge. This book expands on the previous work, and presents numerous translations of tablets, including the first print appearance of the Gilgamesh (Idzubar) cycle.