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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, by Theophilus G. Pinches This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Author: Theophilus G. Pinches Posting Date: January 30, 2009 [EBook #2069] Release Date: February, 2000 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RELIGION OF BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA *** Produced by John Bickers and Dagny THE RELIGION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA By Theophilus G. Pinches, LL.D. First Published 1906 by Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. THE RELIGION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA BY THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, LL.D. Lecturer in Assyrian at University College, London, Author of "The Old Testament in the Light of the Records of Assyria and Babylonia"; "The Bronze Ornaments of the Palace Gates of Balewat" etc. etc. PREPARER'S NOTE The original text contains a number of characters that are not available even in 8-bit Windows text, such as H with a breve below it in Hammurabi, S with a breve, S and T with a dot below them, U with macron, and superscript M in Tasmetum. These have been left in the e-text as the base letter. The 8-bit version of this text includes Windows font characters like S with a caron above it (pronounced /sh/) as in Samas, etc. These may be lost in 7-bit versions of the text, or when viewed with different fonts. Greek text has been transliterated within brackets "{}" using an Oxford English Dictionary alphabet table. Diacritical marks have been lost. THE RELIGION OF THE BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS CHAPTER I FOREWORD Position, and Period. The religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians was the polytheistic faith professed by the peoples inhabiting the Tigris and Euphrates valleys from what may be regarded as the dawn of history until the Christian era began, or, at
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