Light from the East, or the Witness of the Monuments. An Introduction to the Study of Biblical Archaeology
Charles James Ball [1851-1924]

Book Description

Title:: Light from the East, or the Witness of the Monuments. An Introduction to the Study of Biblical Archaeology
Authors:: Charles James Ball [1851-1924]
Publication Year:: 1899
Location:: London
Publisher:: Eyre and Spottiswoode
Pages:: 256
Subjects:: Archaeology, Ancient Ner East
Copyright Holder:: Public domain

Preface
Contents
List of Illustrations
Index of Subjects
Index of Passages of Scripture Referred to

Mesopotamian Document Which Illustrate Genesis

Babylonian Epic of Creation
Another Babylonian Account of the Creation
Ancient Babylonian Map of the World
Babylonian and Assyrian Seals
Assyrian Sacred Trees with Cherubic Figures
Assyrian Cherubic Figures
The Chaldean Story of the Flood and the Chaldean Noah
An Archaic Babylonian Seal, Representing the Chaldean Noah
Fragment of Another Babylonian Account of the Flood
The Babylonian Legend of Gilgamesh-Nimrod
An Inscribed Limestone Tablet From Sippara (Abu Habbah)
Head of a Mace or Sceptre Inscribed with the Name of Sargon I.
Seal Of Ilu-Ishtar (?)
Inscribed Statue of Gudea, King of Chaldea
The Old Sumerian Inscription Known as Gudea B
Bronze Statuette of a God Or Pontiff-King
Fragments of Assyrian Clay Tablets, Inscribed with Early Hieroglyphics Forms of Cuneiform Characters
Ur of the Chaldees, and Inscribed Bricks From its Site
Portrait of Hammurabi, or Amraphel, King of Shinar
Inscribed Cylinder of Arioch (?), King of Ellasar
Sumerian and Semitic-Babylonian Inscription
Obverse of an Unbaked Clay Fragment in the British Museum
Inscription of Ku-du-ur-Ma-bu-ug (Kudur-Mabug), on Bricks from the Foundations of the Buildings of the South of the Great Mound of Muqayyar
Inscription of Ha-am-mu-ra-bi (Hammurabi), on a Slab of Limestone in the British Museum
Tablet of Assur-Nasir-pal I., King of Assyria

A Family of the Aamu of N. Arabia Going Down into Egypt, Depicted in the Tombs at Beni-Hassan in Upper Egypt, About Midway Between Memphis and Thebes
Funerary Stele of Aunef The Hyksos or Shepherd Kings
Monumental Names and Titles of the Pharaohs of Scripture

Chu-En-Aten, or Akhu-en-Aten (Amenophis IV., King of Egypt, 18th Dynasty), the Heretical or Reforming Pharaoh
The Tell El-Amarna Correspondence

Pithom, The Store-City: Egyptian Granaries
Brick-Making in Egypt by Foreign Captives Under Taskmasters
Brick of Rameses II. and Egyptian Statuaries
Captives Dragging a Colossus in Egypt
Transport of an Assyrian Colossus
Egyptian Musicians and Dancers
Funeral Processions of the Egyptians
Richly Decorated Mummy-Case
Anubis, The Egyptian Hermes, Tending a Mummy on its Bier
The Soul Reanimating the Bodv in the Tomb
"After Death The Judgment"
The Goddess of the Sacred Fig-Sycamore Tree Presenting Fruit and Drink to a Deceased Pair

Portrait Statue of Meneptah II., The Pharaoh of the Exodus
Syenite Stele of Amenophis III., With Added Inscription of Meneptah II., Mentioning the Israelites
Shishak or Shashank L., The Invader of Judah in the Time of Rehoboam
Sword of Kammanu-Nirari I., King of Assyria

Rock Sculpture of A Local Baal, A God of Cord and Wine, With Supposed Hittite Inscriptions
The Bilingual ("Hittite" and Assyrian) Boss of Tarkondemos
Terra-Cotta Seals and Seal-Impressions
Stone Lion from Marash With "Hittite" Inscription
Babylonian Boundary Stones or Landmarks
The Religion of Babylon and Assyria, as Illustrated by the Seal-Engravings A Stone Tablet Pourtraying the Worship of the Sun-God, and Bearing an Inscription of Nabu-apla-Iddina, King of Babylon
Seal of Arad-Nabium

Assur-Nasir-Pal II. Besieging A "Fenced City," and, for Comparison, Rameses and His Three Sons Besieging a City
Limestone Monolith of Assur-Nasir-Pal II., King of Assyria
Royal Hunting Scenes
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II., King of Assyria
Scenes From the Black Obelisk
Inscribed Statue of Nebo, The Babylonian God of Letters
Tiglath-Pileser II. (III.)
Official Records of Tiglath-Pileser II.
Old Babylonian Seal of Sin-Iqisha, Who Was Probably a Priest or Scribe
The Old Aramean Inscription of Panammu
Broken Cylinder of Sargon II., King of Assyria

Record of the Invasion of Judah and the Siege of Jerusalem
The Storming of Lachish in Judah, With Sennacherib Receiving the Spoils and Captives
Mound of Tell El-Hesy, The Site of the Ancient Lachish
Phoenician Ships in the Service of Sennacherib
Monolith with Sculptured Portrait of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria
Assur-Bani-Pal, King of Assyria
Assur-Bani-Pal and His Queen Banqueting in the Garden

India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II. (The Great), King of Babylon
Cylinder With Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II. (The Great)
Cameo Portrait of Nebuchadnezzar II.
Inscription from the Four Clay Cylinders of Nabium-Na-id or Nabonidus, Mentioning the King's Son Belu-Sharra-usur, or Belshazzar
Inscription on a Clay Cylinder of Nabonidus Note on the Date of Hammurabi, The Amraphel of Gen. 14
Inscription of Nabonidus
Head of a Sceptre from Babylon
Annals of Nabonidus
Birs Nimrud. The Ruins of E-Zidda, The Great Temple of Nebo at Barsib or Borsippa
Sculptured Stele, with Portrait of Cyrus
Inscription of the Broken Cylinder of Cyrus
The Tomb of Cyrus at Meshed-Murghab
Darius, King of Persia
A Babylonian Deed of Sale, Dated in the Third Year of Darius
Monumental Names of Babylonian, Assyrian, and Persian Kings Mentioned in the Old Testament
The Phoenicio-Hebrew Alphabet, Showing its Origin from the Old Linear and Primarily Pictorial Script of Shumir or Shinar, Rather than from the Egyptian Hieratic Character
The Baal Lebanon Inscription
The Moabite Stone
The Siloam Inscription