The Chaldean account of Genesis

by George Smith

Search in Babylonia would, no doubt, yield much earlier copies of all these works, but that search has not yet been instituted, and for the present we have to be contented with our Assyrian copies. Looking, however, at the world-wide interest of the subjects, and at the important evidence which perfect copies of these works would undoubtedly give, there can be no doubt that further progress will be made in research and discovery, and that all that is here written will one day be superseded by newer texts and fuller and more perfect light.

INDEX.

Abel, [316].

• Abram, [317].
• Abydenus, [40].
• Accad or Akkad, [20].
• Adam, [83], [315].
• Adrakhasis, [288].
• Agané, [313].
• Age of documents, [21].
• Alaparus, [39].
• Alexander Polyhistor, [32], [43].
• Alexander the Great, [1].
• Alorus, [39], [40], [187].
• Amarda, [313].
• Amempsin, [40].
• Amillarus, [40].
• Ammenon, [41].
• Anatu, [49].
• Anementus, [41].
• Animals, creation of, [71].
• Antiquity of legends, [22].
• Anu, [48], [49], [108], [120].
• Anus, [44].
• Apason, [43].
• Apollodorus, [39].
• Ararat, [307].
• Ardates, [36], [311].
• Arioch, [172].
• Ark, [42], [280], [281], [309], [319].
• Armenia, [42].
• Arnold, Mr. E., [6].
• Arrangement of tablets, [14], [15].
• Asherim, [244].
• Assorus, [44].
• Assur, [26], [313].
• Assur-bani-pal, [6], [27].
• Assur-nazir-pal, [36].
• Assyrian excavations, [6].
• Atarpi, story of, [155], [156].
• Aus, [44].
• Babel, [161], [163], [168].
• Babil mound, [171].
• Babylon, [39], [42], [313].
• Babylonia, [38].
• Babylonian cities, [293].
• legends, [3].
• seals, [178], [330].
• sources of literature, [16].
• Bel, [47], [53], [113].
• Belat, [53].
• Belus, [36], [44].
• Berosus, [1], [32].
• Birs Nimrud, [167].
• Borsippa, [313].
• Bull, destruction of, [231].
• Cainan, [316].
• Calah, [313].
• Calneh, [75], [313].
• Cara-indas, [18].
• Casdim, [318].
• Cedars, [216].
• Chaldean account of deluge, [6].
• astrology, [20].
• dynasties, [195].
• Change in Assyrian language, [17].
• Chaos, [60].
• Chedor-laomer, [172].
• Chronology, [18], [198], [199].
• Clay records, [16].
• Coming of deluge, [279].
• Comparison of accounts of creation, [66]-69.
• of deluge, [284]-289.
• Composite creatures, [34], [35], [93], [97].
• Conclusion, [295].
• Conquest of Babylon, [19], [195].
• of Erech, [198].
• of Khumbaba, [224].
• Constellations, creation of, [64].
• Contents of library, [28]-30.
• Copies of texts, [305].
• Cory, translations of, [31]-43.
• Creation, [1], [7], [11], [56], [92], [323].
• Creation of animals, [71].
• of man, [36], [72], [81], [93].
• Creation of moon, [65].
• of stars, [64].
• of sun, [70].
• Cure of Izdubar, [291].
• Cush, [185].
• Cutha, [23], [92], [299], [313].
• Dache, [44], [60].
• Dachus, [44], [60].
• Dæsius, month, [41].
• “Daily Telegraph,” [6].
• Damascius, [43].
• Dannat, [207].
• Daonus, [39].
• Daos, [41].
• Date of Nimrod, [302].
• Davce, [44].
• Davkina, [52].
• Death of Hea-bani, [276].
• Delitzsch, Dr., [316].
• Deluge, [1], [4], [5], [37], [41], [177], [301].
• tablet, [9].
• predicted, [279].
• commencement of, [283].
• destruction wrought by, [284].
• end of, [285].
• variant accounts of, [301].
• comparison with Genesis, [302], &c.
• length of, [306].
• Descent to Hades, [239].
• Description of Hades, [239].
• of Izdubar legends, [180]-183.
• Dibbara, [11].
• exploits of, [125].
• Domestic animals, [323].
• Dragon, [112], [113].
• Dreams of Izdubar, [204], [258].
• Eagle, [11].
• Eagle-headed men, [97].
• Eagle, fable of, [141].
• Eden, [3], [72], [84], [311].
• Elamites, [18], [138], [196].
• Eneuboulus, [41].
• Eneugamus, [41].
• Enoch, [309].
• Enos, [310].
• Erech, [130], [192], [313].
• Eridu, [46], [72], [80], [85], [105], [313].
• Esarhaddon, [27].
• Etana, [11], [141], [146].
• Euedocus, [41].
• Euedorachus, [39].
• Euedoreschus, [41].
• Evil spirits, legend of, [99], [104].
• Expedition to Assyria, [7].
• Exploits of Dibbara, [125].
• Fables, [140].
• Fall, [8], [72], [75].
• Filling the ark, [282].
• First tablet of the creation, [57].
• Flaming sword, [86].
• Folk-lore, Babylonian, [160].
• Forest of Khumbaba, [222], [272].
• Fox, fable of, [147].
• Fox Talbot, Mr., [249].
• Ganganna, [193], [313].
• Generation of the gods, [61].
• Genesis, [1], [3], [304].
• stories, [155].
• Hea, [51], [106], [177].
• Hea-bani, [6], [204], [205].
• Hea-bani comes to Erech, [206].
• Herakles, [177].
• Hesperides, [177].
• Hittites, [311].
• Horse and ox, fable of, [150].
• Illinus, [44].
• Ishmael, [318].
• Istar, [11], [49], [51], [137], [226].
• loves Izdubar, [227].
• amours of, [229].
• anger of, [230].
• descent to Hades, [239].
• in Hades, [243].
• return of, [245].
• Itak, [125], [138].
• Izdubar, [5], [175], &c.
• legends, [6], [11], [21], [175], &c.
• same as Nimrod, [176].
• parentage, [183].
• exploits of, [184], &c.
• conquers Khumbaba, [217].
• loved by Istar, [227].
• struck with disease, [253].
• meets scorpion men, [259].
• meets Sabitu and Siduri, [265].
• meets Nis-Hea, [265].
• sees Xisuthrus, [269].
• hears the story of the flood, [279].
• cured of his illness, [290].
• returns to Erech, [294].
• mourns for Hea-bani, [295].
• author of Epic, [12].
• Jared, [311].
• Jewish traditions, [303].
• Karrak, [25], [128], [313].
• Kazartu, [331].
• Khammuragas, [19], [190], [198].
• Kharsak-kalama, [299].
• Khumbaba, [216], &c.
• Kissare, [44].
• Kisu, [299], [313].
• Kouyunjik, [2], [13].
• Kudur-mabuk, [25].
• Laban, [316].
• Lamech, [310], [316].
• Lament of Izdubar, [295].
• Language of inscriptions, [17], [21].
• Larancha, [40], [313].
• Larsa, [25], [313].
• Layard, Sir A. H., [2].
• Lecture on the deluge, [5].
• Lenormant, M. F., [59], [249], [307].
• Libraries, [15].
• Library of Assur-bani-pal, [27].
• Lig-Bagas, [24], [195].
• Literature, Babylonian and Assyrian, [13].
• Local mythology, [46].
• Lot, [174].
• Lugal-turda, [121], [124], [202], [234].
• Mammetu, [276].
• Man, creation of, [72].
• Mas, mountain of, [259], [261], [276].
• Media, [196].
• Megalarus, [39].
• Merodach, [52], [86], [103], [190].
• Methuselah, [310], [315].
• Moon, creation of, [65].
• Moymis, [43].
• Mummu-tiamatu, [59].
• Müller, Prof. Max, [250].
• Mu-seri-ina-namari or Mua, [270], &c., [283].
• Mythology, [45].
• Nabu-bal-idina, [26].
• Names in Genesis, [295].
• Naram-Sin, [19].
• Natural history, [29].
• Nebo, [52], [120].
• Nebuchadnezzar, [30], [171].
• Ner, [141].
• Nergal, [47], [54].
• Nes-Hea or Ur-Hea, [265], [267], [268], [291], &c.
• Nimrod, [176], [184]-186, [321].
• Nineveh, [313].
• Ninip, [47], [54].
• Ninsun, [297].
• Nipur, [313].
• Nis-Sin, [141].
• Nizir, [4], [137], [285], [307].
• Noah, [316].
• Nusku, [48].
• Oannes, [12], [33], [39], [40], [106], [324].
• Odacon, [40].
• Omoroca, [35].
• Oppert, Prof., [65], [76], [249], [316].
• Orion, [64].
• Otiartes, [40].
• Pantibiblon, [39].
• Paradise, [72], [84].
• Patriarchs, [290].
• Pinches, Mr., [273].
• Pine trees, [216].
• Prometheus, [43], [123].
• Rassam, Mr. Hormuzd, [7], [278].
• Rawlinson, Sir H. C., [2], [3], [84], [85], [137], [169], [171], [176], [188], [246], [323].
• Resen, [185], [313].
• Resurrection of Hea-bani, [298].
• Riddle of the wise man, [159].
• Rim-Agu, [17].
• Sabbath, [89], [308].
• Sabitu, [264].
• Sacrifice, [286].
• Samas, [47], [54], [100], [205], [301].
• Sargon, [19], [27], [82], [319].
• saved in ark, [319].
• Sar-tuli-elli, [74], [75], [164], [166].
• Satyrs, [204].
• Scorpion men, [259].
• Semitic race, [19], [83].
• Senaar, [42].
• Sending out birds, [286].
• Sennacherib, [27].
• Serpent, [88], [141], [142].
• Seven evil spirits, [99], [104].
• Shalmaneser II., [26].
• Sibyl, [43].
• Siduri, [264].
• Sin, [47], [53].
• Sin of Zu, [123].
• Sin-lici-unnini, [12].
• Sinuri, [160].
• Sippara, [37], [39], [313].
• Sisithrus, [41].
• Sisythes, [311].
• Society of Biblical Archæology, [5].
• Sodom and Gomorrah, destruction of, [172], [173].
• Sons of God, [83].
• Speaking trees, [257].
• Stars, creation of, [64].
• Sumir, [20].
• Sun, creation of, [70].
• Surippak, [313].
• Table of gods, [55].
• Tablets, mutilation of, [9].
• Tammuz, [64], [85], [192], [229], [238], [245], [246], [247].
• Tauthe, [43].
• Thalassa, [35].
• Thalatth, [35].
• Tiamat, [11], [43], [59], [60], [109], [113].
• Tiglath Pileser, [26].
• Titan, [43], [146].
• Tower in stages, [169], [170].
• Tower of Babel, [7], [42], [161]-172.
• Ur, [20], [24], [313], [318].
• War in heaven, [113].
• Xisuthrus, [36], [37], [40], [279], &c.
• Zaidu, [208], [209].
• Zibanit, [156].
• Zillah, [316].
• Zirat-banit, [52].
• Zirghul, [313].
• Zodiac, [68], [176], [301].
• Zu, [115], [123].

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