[26]. Cuneiform means “having the form of a wedge,” and is especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrow-headed characters of ancient inscriptions.
[27]. Collection de Clercq, Pl. 5. No. 46.
[28]. 4-34.
[29]. Deluge Tablets in British Museum, Records of the Past, 1-133.
[30]. Marked K 3657 in British Museum. Trans. by Geo. Smith.
[31]. Inscriptions of Western Asia, Vol. 19. Trans. by Prof. Sayce, Records of Past, 11-119.
[32]. Brit. Mus. Ins., Plates 37-42. Trans. by Rawlinson.
[33]. Annals, Col. 3, line 24. Also 2 Chron. xxxii, 5.
[34]. These deeds are attested by the seal impressions, or in lieu thereof by the nail marks of the parties to whom they belonged. Many of them have been translated.—W. St. Chad Boscawen.
[35]. Concerning the statue of Bel, see Daniel, chap. iii; Herodotus, bk. I; Strabo, XIV; Pliny, VI, chap. xxvi; Q. Curtius, lib. V; Arrianus, lib. VII.