Babylonian History

E. A. Wallis Budge is as accurate an historian for early history as is available. This book is a very scholarly History of Babylon, its history, and its people. Babylonian history, then, as known to us, begins with Sargon I., king of Agade, B.C. 3800. A curious legend is extant respecting this king, to the effect that he was born in a city on the banks of the Euphrates, that his mother conceived him in secret, and brought him forth in a humble place; that she placed him in an ark of rushes and closed it with pitch; that she cast him upon the river in the water-tight ark; that the river carried him along; that he was rescued by a man called Akki, who brought him up to his own trade; and that from this position the goddess Istar made him king.

"It does not do to trespass the law in Ancient Babylon: May SIN, the brilliant (Nannar) who dwells in the sacred heavens, clothe him in leprosy as in a garment, and give him up to the wild beasts that wander in the outsides of the town. May ISTAR, the Queen of heaven and earth, carry him off, and deliver him for vengeance to the god and the king. May NINIP, son of the zenith, son of EL the sublime, take away his lands, funds, and limits. May GULA, the great Queen, the wife of NINIP, infiltre into his bowels a poison which cannot be pushed out, and may he void blood and pus like water."

This illustrated eBook of the 1897 edition has been carefully edited for errors and is as true to the original as possible. [EDB Pubs]

The same text after editing: The History of Babylon, as known to us, begins with Sargon I., king of Agade, B.C. 3800, according to the historian E. A. Wallis Budge, who is as accurate an historian for early history as is available. This book is a very scholarly work on the history and people of Babylon. A curious legend is extant respecting this king, to the effect that he was born in a city on the banks of the Euphrates, that his mother conceived him in secret, and brought him forth in a humble place; that she placed him in an ark of rushes and closed it with pitch; that she cast him upon the river in the water-tight ark; that the river carried him along; that he was rescued by a man called Akki, who brought him up to his own trade; and that from this position the goddess Istar made him king.

The text also includes a warning against trespassing the law in Ancient Babylon, with various deities threatening severe punishments, including leprosy, being given up to wild beasts, being carried off by the Queen of heaven and earth, having one's lands, funds, and limits taken away, and being afflicted with a poison that cannot be pushed out, causing the person to void blood and pus like water.

This illustrated eBook of the 1897 edition has been carefully edited for errors and is as true to the original as possible. [EDB Pubs]

product information: