Word: assyrian
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Professor Lyon, of Harvard, and Professor Kellner will conduct two courses in Assyrian-one for beginhers, the other for advanced students. Professor Brown will conduct two courses in Arabic and one in Aramaic...
...original objects are, perhaps, even more interesting than the casts. These consist of clay tablets, containing records of ancient life and customs; amulets, written in Syriac and worn to keep away evil spirits; Babylonian and Assyrian seals which were used as charms and for stamping written documents; and ancient Persian coins...
...originals there is a case of about one hundred and fifty clay tablets containing records of various phases of the ancient life, the oldest being about 2200 B. C., though most of them are from the sixth century. There is an other case filled with Babylonian and Assyrian seals, cylindrical and conical in shape, used as charms against evil spirits and also for stamping written documents. They are carved with emblems of the gods, men, animals, etc. A unique object is a lapislazuli disc about an inch and a half in diameter, once the property of a temple...
...provisional scheme for the special courses in this department is as follows: "Buddhism," Professor M. Bloomfield, Johns Hopkins University; "The Babylonian-Assyrian Religion," Professor M. Jastrow, University of Pennsylvania; "Mazdeism," (not yet provided for); "Islam," Professor G. F. Moore, Andover Theological Seminary; "The Greek Religion," (not yet provided for); "The Old Norse Religion," Professor G. L. Kittredge, Harvard University...
...order to get a good understanding of the Hebrew Prophet it is necessary to have a knowledge of the times in which the prophets lived; and in addition to the works alluded to above, the Assyrian records and the revised edition of the Old Testament especially, are the best vehicles to convey such information...