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...hereafter of an entirely linguistic character. The courses which belonged more particularly to a study of divinity than of philology will be given up. As before there will be two Hebrew courses. The instruction in Arabic will now be included in two courses instead of in one as before. Assyrian will be given two new courses in addition to the old one. The Aramaic course will remain as before. By these changes the pamphlet will include eight courses in Semitic languages, making a department that cannot be surpassed by any in this country, and at least equal...
Prof. Lyon lectures in the Divinity Hall upper lecture room at 12 M. today on "Assyrian Antiquities...
About one hundred and twenty-five people attended Prof. Lyon's Assyrian reading last night. Besides giving a detailed sketch of the poem, Prof. Lyon read the two episodes of "Istar" and the "Deluge." The reading lasted about an hour, and was listened to throughout with interest and attention...
...Assyrian readings by Prof. Lyon, at 7.30 P. M. in Sever 11, will be on the special subject, "The Oldest Known Epic Poem in the World...
...wish to call particular attention to the Assyrian reading to be given this evening by Prof. Lyon in Sever Hall. The poem to be read is the oldest existing epic, and has been discovered only in the last ten years. The interest centres chiefly about Izdubar, who has many points in common with the Bibical Nimrod with whom he has been partially identified. The poem was discovered a few years ago by George Smith while studying some baked tablets in the British Museum. It is impressed in cuneiform characters on twelve tablets of clay about ten by eight inches...