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...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...
...Prof. Lyon delivers his lecture in Divinity Hall upper lecture room at 12 M. today on "The Babylonian Pantheon...
...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...
...poem is such a recent discovery its reading by Prof. Lyon will be an event of special interest to every one, as he has studied the poem from original sources and is one of the few persons in the world who have made it a study. In the course of the reading, which will be short, he will give a metrical version of the episode of Istar, which has been written by one of his colleagues...
...hope that the interest as well as the importance of the subject will attract a large audience to greet Prof. Lyon tonight. Any person who neglects this rare opportunity can not fail to regret it afterward...