The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-27
= hat r.ms he Found i'm Assyrt''-ES-
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IRON the London Daily Telegraph, December ?s.}
". haze pleasure IN presenting Il second
rorrr from The pen Of Mr.. George Smith, in
'rjra;;nx The nature Of TIC discoveries which
may reward farther explorations in the val.
!y> ol the EuphrAtcs and Tigris. The now
,,aoll> dccip,ercr writes as follows In my
;r.l.cr communication | gave n short ac
,,.,at nt some OF the historical fruits of cllnc;
IN researches. I would now point out a
,.y of the results which we may hope to OBJ
tin hy renewed excavations in the Eu
}nratc, region. The Arabs and other in
htAitia:s Of the McSopotamian valleys have
U,tlr or no estimation for ancient relics. The
uinuoa iailis and cagie-hoaGed kings laid
l..rc by the cncrGv Of Layard and other eH-
l,i9rc.s excited their momcntary wonder; but
'.,,rr the first Iaa@uid admiration the prin-
ciDal sentiment Of such people was OK
;r,1ic surprise that Europeans should take
% much interest in "ruh5ish OF OLD
ruhc!icycrS." Yet, sense OF the value of
rhg,c old sites fingers still in the common
l,T,i that immense treasures Of gold and
j.,ycls are somewhere hidden beneath the
r,Jnrd cities. Let us now speak Of
ihr>, ycrilablc and really existent riches. 1t
j. u fart well kn0wn to Assyrian scholars that
on, present collections from these regions,
although of great interest. form only small
- no ,roosnrc. NJ ty,p Assrri,n and
Baby0nian mounds. The antiquities already
recovered. besides the light they throw on
ancient history and customs, also point out
VERY sgig.ce,tivcly the character OF the OBJ
jccts which we may hope to obtain by future
work and the most promising; spots in which
10 seek the;a.
The histories Of almost al ancient people
,,,hoin,;[.'l st,ric. y~hi,.i, ,r,. Of trrcnt in.
,''..,.t i, r1r,rI - amy iunpirics i,1;n tI,nr
nri. IN and rIr,y L;,tn,v, Tuerc are trace,
~, I,rnn mud s,,orl,riv rich ro,lcction ot
,,.,. tc@T,lnG. hath !, ls:yr;o and D,hvIoni,
49,, r,.. ,r ,h,u, Lo,e %. 'honu rcrov.;.od
o,.a,,,,,i,, ~, .,,.,h ,Ioc,,rnrt. i tJ,o
.,,,n;s,r,,, ,,.,nrrr o, The descent OF the cod.
sislt,r;rlo ua.lc>. In Ecrdownward Jour
,,n-to,l,ci iufir.,1I REGIONS she pas,rs through
.,Hrn r,in-. and narts with some ornament
,,rurtir,r ,f attire =, each GATE. The whole
..,,,, : no.. c,,r;ous ~ shnv.inf, tho rolf
':,tI' o,,ioin,,. of t,ot ,o, and the strrv has
,rn .,,;t;.,, n,,.,IIl. IN Tho roe,nS and
,.',,I,:iIy si,,I.;n4 &c olhcr ond later conn.
r5.-, Er,in. ,hc aunai& Of Eabylouia and
l>,yyi, were written. like The mytho,o-ic;l
,aI rrliui,,;s records. on ,i,v tIIIciS and
rr>r >inma,siliciy interesting annals must
,,rrul much D,,yu,.u what we at present
l,,sw, OF ,!r earlier 10, tious of This ceramic
}"...rv - few frI",ncnts only have vet
,,,r ,,.c,r,.i,l. ~.r.ou. who r1llrd over
As>yria arl t;ahyionil more Than seven
l'n,,,lr,., ,,.r. }'.c,rc Ihr rLri.ti,u or,
,r.,i,, il, ii. ir.,.irticu. th.t tLrnn hund.ni
.,nd inv kin, had y.j.suct oyr,. tI,c.c conn
,r,r, hr,.-. hi, time, rw0.tiirt,S Of those.
monarch, hayr vel TO BE .;i>ccy red even by
ail..lit,,,. - sax uu,iliug Of the rrn,Ii.iD,i.
,,,.i o.. tf,,r l.,,a, ami riurirs 'rLrir mo-
,r,ria'. and hi.tor;,., lie buried undcr the
In..u,. II ;;nuyfn,iik. Nin,ruu. EaIab Shcr.
,.n9t. md ut1c, nli,..s il Ass,r;, while the
mound, round <i,ra. II;lrrr. IIillah, Warka
;u,t = tio,t q, o;h,r sizes in H,hyIonia are
doubtless. peri,ct trcasurc-hou<es Of aucicut
lore. Bound M with tie history of thcS,
r,Ily Ljna,. moreover. Is the ulr,iion as 10
is.. dg,r ~ rh. o,f.,iu Of the Great Ifrhrc,,
n,.i,,n Aia~,p,a,n ,,tlrr of ,,,is r,nn l. +:
ri,,. ,i,;,I, rs d,,y.iu,r tl,r ,;,,n nt f'bo.
,,.r.o,nnr who rrIr,I over western Asi..
from Vrr,w Ia tine Mediterranean yhe
Hl,,y;,uian records. when recovered will
,ir,eImiu,. G,r ~. lhn date Of rhn,Io,I.omar
and thus settle his molI inlnortnt u,Ipstinn
Another n,iur ot "r.at i;itrrcSt on whiri,
>,,. may ,rrnrt nc,y ,i;>r,,,o,.;n, tn th,,,,.
E.,it ,hn ,r,.,,;',, os ~ ,h i,. ~, ~ tI''
SI,n,,i.ic ,,., i,',if n, ,.l';,l, ~ '',,
,,L f,,.,,,. l,,. r,,i, r. ',
in,,!.. N.,tnrn 49,, r,n, i,,,,.i; ~.
~ men vn.,. l,~n,',, ,,n. ,nt',II,. i;n,
frnmlh,, Of ,ts ,,rrsrnt irh,hi,,,,,s Thn"n
,,,.l, rn,,,nl;nirjr, t1,,ndod ,h. n;,ii;.a,;,,,,
ur i,,j.y,nu;, s. I.a., ;wn tLnn.n,I ,onr'
l,..,,r line Cnri.li,n r,r th,, ,hnr;rnnS -
,p,i,,, u..rn r,,,,r,,crtJ h ,In tnn, 49,,
n,; ,,nrt ram wich l,ro ',aScs,,J.d aI' ,,
jews, ArIIs. Syr;;I,s and Assvr;;nsS Tntil
We rrrnyrr MI that lost histoi.y ,y,,,, nnri
Hos Lu,ird rm,,cr RI. nohrl,n;in mn,,nls Wv.
,AaIl moi know the cyr,rdiunly hnnnr,ont
truth II, ia fh;. and many niher ot;mo.
i,.i,rl o,,n.t;nrs i7,,r,bnr o,.n,, ;,,to,O,
h.s Llnn ,,.,,ur,I,, ,,i.s, T., '''' ~. ~.
,,.I.a,,.I,. li;-.o,.ar,l o., ,,,'',',,'' ~ - 10y
,lnnI j,,, ,, r.o.1 81 ,I'ot ,na: ~ . wv.
,.nn, ',,, ~ ,,'.,r s,nr.a =. =; ,,,s bn,.'t
Jrr,ry ,h,. nth,r. or no ciss. ia;nl, ,o,.
lass r,,f,Jl, ininr.,tinr Ernm ihnn1-N,.to,, .,
th,y :Ir;, nn,nir.d--wn shaIv nlrprto;n ,hn
,i,w, of the Eal,y,unians ON the crc,;inn
IN. history Of mIo hrturc tha food and
many similar no;uts All thr.n records md
uth.rs u..rc tr,n.In,nd from thn t,iInts in
Cred; hy rrro>rs in the th;ra conturv no.
tore the Christian ,r,. hut tho ~rc,ter n1rt
OF his work i lost
Descending to later but s,iIl very ancient
times there remain numerous questions TO
be determined. Among these We may no.
tee the great problems rs TO the chronology
and history Of the Books Of Kings. Such
questions lave for many Years been the sub
irct Of spccukltions and disputes among di-
Vines and historians. The discovery of the
remainder Of the ASsyrian annals. parts O,
which are already in our hands, will decide
these and similar pcrpcxitics. The whole