Babylonian Section
Vol. V / No. 3
By: S. Langdon
A New Sumerian Document
During the autumn of 1913, Prof. Stephen Langdon of Jesus College, Oxford, holding the Shillito chair of Assyriology in that […]
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Vol. IV / No. 2
By: James A. Montgomery
The Lilith Legend
Among the magical texts in the Museum is the following, which belongs to a widespread category of Jewish charms: Shaddai […]
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Vol. IV / No. 2
By: George A. Barton
The Tablet of Enkhegal
Enkhegal was one of the earliest kings of Lagash, the modern Telloh. The only inscription from his time which is […]
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Vol. IV / No. 2
By: Arno Poebel
The Babylonian Story of the Creation and the Earliest History of the World
During the summer of 1912 I examined the collections of cuneiform inscriptions in the University Museum. I was especially interested […]
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Vol. IV / No. 2
By: G. B. G.
Important Historical Documents Found in the Museum’s Collection of Ancient Babylonian Clay Tablets
In the spring of 1910 one hundred and fifteen boxes of inscribed tablets and fragments of tablets, excavated by the […]
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Vol. III / No. 2
By: C. E. Keiser
Tags and Labels from Nippur
As clay was the common writing material among the Babylonians, it is quite possible to duplicate among the thousands of […]
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Vol. III / No. 2
By: James A. Montgomery
The Original Script of the Manichæans on Texts in the Museum
The writer has had more than once the opportunity of presenting to the readers of the JOURNAL an account of […]
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Vol. III / No. 2
By: A.T. Clay
An Ancient Antiquary
The museum possesses a Babylonian tablet of baked clay, which has been secured by purchase. Unfortunately its provenance is unknown. […]
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Vol. III / No. 1
By: George A. Barton
One of the Oldest Babylonian Tablets in the World
THE University Museum possesses one of the oldest Babylonian tablets in the world. There are but four other objects which […]
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By: James A. Montgomery
A Magical Skull: Babylonian Section
A unique object is contained in the Museum collections from Nippur- a human skull the surface of which is inscribed […]
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