Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 33American Oriental Society, 1913 "Proceedings" or "Select minutes of meetings" are included in each volume (except volumes 3, 12). |
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... mentioned lists by an old theory of his friend Radau , who had contended that the calendar began with that month . Finally Langdon 1911 , arranged for the Urkagina period a calendar of twelve months . He ignored may the variant . names ...
... mentioned lists by an old theory of his friend Radau , who had contended that the calendar began with that month . Finally Langdon 1911 , arranged for the Urkagina period a calendar of twelve months . He ignored may the variant . names ...
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... ) -giš ( UŠ ) = ' weighing - man ' ; here we have gîn- gis gal ; in Tablet Nr . 1 simply gîn - gis . 6. There are two kinds of wine mentioned in this Vol . xxxiii . ] Three Babylonian Tablets , Prince Collection , & c . 27.
... ) -giš ( UŠ ) = ' weighing - man ' ; here we have gîn- gis gal ; in Tablet Nr . 1 simply gîn - gis . 6. There are two kinds of wine mentioned in this Vol . xxxiii . ] Three Babylonian Tablets , Prince Collection , & c . 27.
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American Oriental Society. 6. There are two kinds of wine mentioned in this Tablet . One is plain kaš ( BI ) ; the other is kaš ( BI ) -ú - sa . The ordinary Assyrian word for kaš is šikaru strong drink ' , also ' date - wine ' , the ...
American Oriental Society. 6. There are two kinds of wine mentioned in this Tablet . One is plain kaš ( BI ) ; the other is kaš ( BI ) -ú - sa . The ordinary Assyrian word for kaš is šikaru strong drink ' , also ' date - wine ' , the ...
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American Oriental Society. Cities mentioned in the Tablets Anšân , mentioned by Nabonidus in the Abu - Habba Cylinder 1 as a province of which Cyrus was king , must have been a very ancient center . In a list of dates given by Dungi 2 ...
American Oriental Society. Cities mentioned in the Tablets Anšân , mentioned by Nabonidus in the Abu - Habba Cylinder 1 as a province of which Cyrus was king , must have been a very ancient center . In a list of dates given by Dungi 2 ...
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ABCD adhi agnaye agne agni Agnihotra agnihotram agnim agnir apsu Arabic assessor Assyrian Aśv asya atha atha yasya Avesta Babylonian bhavati bird Borneo Brahm Bur-Sin cock Dréhem Dyaks dynasty Erythraean evam fehlt Feuer folg Fu-lin gnaye gnayo gnir Greek Gudea Guhyakas hiranyam homaḥ hutvā ibid idam India inscriptions juhuyāt kaš katham king kṛtvā Kubera kuryat Lagash lies statt lugal madhyata Malays mentioned Mohammedanism month naḥ nam-erim-am nirvaped oath is taken oben Opfer Persian Pray prayaścittam Prof Professor punaḥ punar puroḍāśam Roth Šamaš Sanskrit sarvam sayam Śiva ṣṭākapālam Sühne Sumerian svāhā svahe syad syat tablets tadā tām tasya tataḥ tato tatra tena thou Tirurai translation tvā tvam unten wine word Worte yadi yajeta yajñasya Yakṣas
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