{"collection":"Ancient Near East","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/caog/index.htm","path":"ane/caog/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ane/caog/index.htm","text":"George Smith (1840-1876) was an English Assyrologist, apprentice\nengraver, but self-taught in cuneiform\nin the corridors of the British Museum.\nEventually he was hired by Sir Henry Rawlinson, prominent\narchaeologist.\nSmith achieved world-wide attention when he discovered an account\nof the flood with obvious Biblical parallels in 1872, related in\nThe Chaldean Account of the Deluge.\nThis book expands on the previous work, and presents numerous\ntranslations of tablets, including\nthe first print appearance of the Gilgamesh (Idzubar) cycle.\nSome of the most important texts, such as the Descent of Ishtar\nand the account of the Flood are fairly intact, while others\nare in pieces.--J.B. Hare, Dec. 15th, 2009.","title":"The Chaldean Account of Genesis Index","type":"page"}