Sunday, December 22, 2013

History of Egypt - Gutenberg Library

HISTORY OF EGYPT 
CHALDEA, SYRIA, BABYLONIA, AND ASSYRIA

By G. MASPERO,
Honorable Doctor of Civil Laws, and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford;
Member of the Institute and Professor at the College of France.

CONTAINING OVER TWELVE HUNDRED COLORED PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME III



CONTENTS


List of Illustrations

Frontispiece.jpg El Hammam (the Bath)
006.jpg One of the Eagle-headed Genii.
009.jpg Bel-merodach, Armed With the Thunderbolt, Does Battle With the Tumultuous Tiamat.
011.jpg a Kufa Laden With Stones, and Manned by A Crew Of Four Men.
012.jpg the World As Conceived by The ChaldÆans
017.jpg a God-fish
025.jpg Gigantic ChaldÆan Reeds
027.jpg the Marshes About The Confluence of The Kerkha And Tigris.
030.jpg the Gathering of The Spathes Of The Male Palm Tree
032.jpg a Winged Genius Holding in his Hand the Spathe Of The Male Date-palm.
033.jpg the Heavily Maned Lion Wounded by an Arrow And Vomiting Blood.
034.jpg the Urus in Act of Charging
035.jpg a Herd of Onagers Pursued by Dogs and Wounded By Arrows.
036.jpg the Chief Domestic Animals Op The Regions of The Euphrates.
037.jpg the Sow and Her Litter Making Their Way Through A Bed of Reeds.
040.jpg Map of ChaldÆa
042.jpg Two Fish-like Deities of the ChaldÆans.
045.jpg Page With One of the Tablets Of The Deluge Series.
048.jpg Shamashnapishtim Shut Into the Ark.
051.jpg the JudÎ Mountains Sometimes Identified With Tub Ntsib Mountains.
057.jpg Gilgames Strangles a Lion.
060.jpg Gilgames Fights, on the Left With a Bull, On The Right With Eabani.
068.jpg Gilgames and Eabani Fighting With Monsters.
071.jpg the Scorpion-men of The Mountains Of MÂshu.
073.jpg Gilgames and Arad-ea Navigating Their Vessel.
082.jpg Gilgames Struggles With a Lion
084.jpg Chronologic Table
085.jpg Table
086.jpg Table
087.jpg Table
96.jpg the Seal of Shargani-shar-ali: Gilgames Waters The Celestial Ox.
096a.jpg Painting in Color of Charioteer
097.jpg Page Image
098.jpg Page Image: the Arms Op The City and Kings Of Lagash
099.jpg Fragment of Bas-relief by UrninÂ, King Of Lagash.
101.jpg Idingiranagin Holding the Totem of Lagash.
102.jpg Idingiranagin in his Chariot Leading His Troops.
103.jpg Page Image. Vultures Feeding Upon the Dead.
104.jpg Piling up the Mound of The Dead After The Battle.
105.jpg King Urnina and his Family.
108.jpg the Sacrifice
109.jpg Sitting Statue of Gudea
111.jpg Plan of the Ruins Of Mughîer
112.jpg Statues from Telloh. And Head of One Of The Statue of Gudea.
114.jpg Plan of the Ruins Of Abu-shahreyn
115.jpg an Arab Crossing the Tigris in a "kufa."
117.jpg an Assyrian Kelek Laden With Building-stone.
001.jpg El Hammam (the Bath)
124.jpg Chapter II
126.jpg Plan of the Ruins Of Wakka
128.jpg a ChaldÆan Stamped Brick.
134.jpg the Temple of Nannar at Uru, Approximately Restored.
135.jpg the Temple of Uru in Its Present State, According To Taylor
136.jpg Further View of the Temple Of Uru
137.jpg Lion-headed Genius.
138.jpg the South-west Wind
141.jpg Sin Delivered by Merodach from the Assault of The Seven Evil Spirits.
142.jpg Struggle Between a Good and an Evil Genius.
145.jpg the God Ningibsu, Patron of Lagash.
152.jpg the Adoration of The Mace and The Whip.
153.jpg a Protecting Amulet.
169.jpg the God Sun Receives The Homage of Two Worshippers.
170.jpg Shamash Sets Out, in the Morning, from The Interior of the Heaven by The Eastern Gate.
171.jpg Shamash in his Shrine, His Emblem Before Him On The Altar.
173.jpg Ishtar Holding Her Star Before Sin.
177.jpg the Birds of The Tempest
178.jpg Ramman Armed With an Axe.
179.jpg Ramman, the God of Tempests and Thunder.
186.jpg Shamash Fights With zu and the Storm Birds.
186a.jpg the Plenisphere Taken from The Temple Of Tentyra
186b.jpg Text of the Plenisphere
190.jpg Ishtar As a Warrior-goddess
191.jpg Nebo
203.jpg a Votary Led to the God To Receive The Reward Of The Sacrifice
204.jpg the Sacrifice: a Goat Presented to Ishtar.
205.jpg the God Shamash Seizes With his Left Hand The Smoke of the Sacrifice.
208.jpg Decorated Wrappings from a Mummy (color)
209.jpg Chald.an Coffin in the Form of a Jar
209a.jpg a Vaulted Tomb in Uru
210.jpg ChaldÆan Tomb With Domed Roof.
111.jpg Chaldean Tomb With Flat Roof.
213.jpg the Interior of The Tomb
220.jpg the Goddess Allat Passes Through The Nether Regions in Her Bark.
221.jpg Nergal, the God of Hades; Back View.
226.jpg Ishtar Despoiled of Her Garments in Hades
229.jpg Dumuzi Rejuvenated on the Knees of Ishtar.
233.jpg Etana Carried to Heaven by an Eagle.
230.jpg Endplate
239.jpg Chapter III.
244.jpg the King Urnina Bearing The "kufa."
248.jpg the Plan of a Palace Built by Gudea.
249.jpg Terra-cotta Barrel-right
250.jpg Plan of the Existing Buildings Of Telloh.
251.jpg Decoration of Coloured Cones on the Façade at Uruk
252.jpg Pilasters of the Facade Of Gudea's Palace
255.jpg Stone Socket of One Of the Doors in The Palace Of Gudea.( Right)
258.jpg Stand of Black Stone from the Palace Of Telloh.
262.jpg Female Servant Bare to the Waist.(left)
262.jpg Costume of a ChaldÆn Lady (right)
266.jpg a Soldier Bringing Prisoners and Spoil.
268.jpg Manuscript on Papyrus in Heiroglyphics
271.jpg Page Image
272.jpg Page Image
274.jpg Page Image
276.jpg Tables
279.jpg the Tablet of Tell-sifr, Broken to Show The Two Texts.
280.jpg Tablet Bearing the Impress of a Seal
294.jpg an Egyptian Slave Merchant
208a.jpg Chaldean Houses at Uru.
208b Plans of Houses Excavated at Eridu and Ubu.
300.jpg ChaldÆan Household Utensils in Terra-cotta
311a.jpg ChaldÆan Stone Implements.
311b.jpg ChaldÆan Stone Hammer Bearing an Inscription.
312.jpg ChaldÆn Implements of Bronze
313.jpg Vase of Silver. And Bull Of Copper.
315.jpg ChaldÆan Cylinder Exhibiting Traces of The Different Tools Used by the Engraver
318.jpg Egyptian Manuscript
318-text.jpg Egyptian Manuscript
322.jpg the Michaux Stone (left)
323.jpg the Other Side of The Michaux Stone (right)
324.jpg Two Rows of Shadufs on the Bank Of a River.
325.jpg ChaldÆan Farming Operations.
327.jpg the Farm Oxen
329a.jpg Cooking: a Quarrel.
329b.jpg Scenes of Pastoral Life in ChaldÆa.
330.jpg Fight With a Lion
331.jpg the Dog in Tub Leash
332.jpg ChaldÆan Carrying a Fish. (left)
333.jpg the Onager Taken With The Lasso.
337.jpg Page Image
340.jpg ChaldÆan Map of the World.
341.jpg Astronomical Table
352.jpg a ChaldÆan Amulet.
354.jpg Magic Nail of Terra Cotta
355.jpg Egyptian Cornice Bearing the Cartouches of Ramses I.
357.jpg Lists of the Pharaohs Of The Ancient Empire
358.jpg Lists on the Monuments
359.jpg Lists on the Monuments
360.jpg Lists on the Monuments
361.jpg Lists on the Monuments
362.jpg Tailpiece

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