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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.

 

NEW YORK:

SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO.

1876