Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-04-10
DISCOVERIES ~ BABYLON.
Record of the sacklng OF tho City 100
Years Before Christ.

From the London Times.
During the last few years the work Of
archaeological exploration ia Babylonia has
been almost entirely confined 10 the labors
OF he American expedition, which has been
engaged for several years in the systematic
exploration OF the great mound OF Niuer, in
central Babylonia, the site Of the ancient
city OF Nipur and to the partially resumed
work of NJ De sar2ec al Tello. the ancient
l.agash. The discoveries made by these cS-
rlorerS have been of great importance. but
they chiefly related 20 the earliest days OF
the Chaltran empire, as FAR back as i,"o
years hetor. the Christian era. Important
O. ihese dsgoN'i'.s are, a. iuIHtsnlns S -
with the material with which 10 study the
dawn OF civilization In Chdldea, there has
always been desire that We should Obtain
some inscribed records possibly historical
iu-orIptlons OF the period OF the new Baby
i1u!an empire tR. :. eo6-531 especially OF
the relsus OF Nebuchadnezzar H. and Ma
h0UiiuS With the exception OF the Babylo-
u,4u chronicle OF the reign Of the latter
monarch and few historical nouces IN
bis cylinder inscriptions, We nave but nltle
indication Of the existence OF hlstorical rec
\ discovery OF the greatest importance
has Just been made by Fr, Scheil, who mas
for some time been exploring in Babylonia
In the Mujelibeh mound, one OF the primer
paI heaps Of ruins in the enciente or Bapy. /.
Ion, he has discovered loas lh1Sl ptt tp.ton az -,
Nahoniius, the last OF the bdpyl
kings tB. = 5.,5-i3sl, which contains a mass
of historical and other data when Will be
of the greatest value 10 students ol thls
important period OF Babylonian history
The monument IN question ls a sihaH sttta
of liorite the upper part OF Mhleh !. oion i
en- inscribed with eleven columns OF Nrlt-
iur and which appears 10 have been erect
e.. early in the kings reign lt issehlpies
iu some measure the celebrated lndla mouse
inscription Of NebuChadnezzar, put Is mGch
more full OF historical matter lts value
may be estimated when II is stated thdt ~
contains a record OF the war OF rsNthss
r5niuried by the Babylonians and their
Mandian allies against Assyrla, loI 'ht ne ug-
structiou Of the city OF senhacheFlp IN %
= ;gS. an account Of the election ana cor
or,tfcn III Nabonidus in r. {. 30, ana the
wonderful dream In which Nepuc hd!he<Iat "a !
appeared 10 him. as Wen as an aceouht & 81 5 VA
restoration Of the temple oi the moon ~, 90
at kharrau. accompanied by chIyhol1el 81 =
cal record which enables US 70 nA ths l1le
of ths so-called Scythian INVASION lhyl {
IL eiso "A valuable reference 10 the murder
Of Sennacherib oy MS son III is'''' -
81 - s b.ys
inns recovered from the ruins OF baoS I'm
/ a most valuable record. The MsSll ~. ~
opens with very graphical teCttat ~ itl ~,
ia RI O. SOS: over all this land an eEll
rflrs- from his heart he uttered; mercy ne
showed not: 10 Babylon ne came ne aese- ,
Grated the temples, poured out ths aus ~ !, .
erased the sculptures, and ptohe on ne
[ services" sui more important Il me ,he
statement that he took the hand OF ths
( Prince MrroIach and caused hlm 70 shtef
/ into the midst Of the city OF Assnr' @hei =.
We are told, he "estab!lshee nts tims he
| returned as the inscription sass- AhS
/ king OF Assyrla, VINO by the power oi
Nrrolach the overthrow OF the iAhd nal 4
I "a aacOmplished, the son the oitspilhs - = - :,
[ body with the sword thrust nam lhio
l Yh- return Of the statue OF the god 10 lts
temple in Babylon was probably the "oI "A
l Of EsarhaddOn, who, IN Is. {. bnt was 40
1 ing all he could 10 conciliate the BABY ION
/ fans The murder Of Sennacherib seems 10
7 have caused great satisfaction In Chaidea,
for il ls mentioned also In the Baby Woman
/ Chronicle. The second column contains an
I account Of the terrible revenge eAacted py
. g r f.g sls4Flf y. ~
/ sisted by the king Of uTmanda, so-ealled
M.des, The barbarlans, lhey EaNastd tue
/ whole Of the south Of Assyria. II Is re-
markable how biblical Is the phraseology
! on This passage: "He (Meroaachl granted
/ hin an aily, ana found him companion,
the king OF the Urmanda' ~ho had no
euual: be caused him TO obey his word ana
I to march 10 his aid. From high and low
\ dandt. from right ana leIt, Ike hooh ne
/ '1'ukIe, king of the Manda. not fearing,
] caused to be thrown down the shrlnss OF all
1 the gods of Assyria and the cities on the
| frontier Of Akkad and came not 70 nus
/ word of Merodach. who 10 princedom had
/ called him he lifted not his hand, lie COM
| pleted the curse Of all the gods-he rested
| not 10 his bed IN sleep Il Is unfortunate
I had for his ally Tukte the Mandian IS lost
| hut IL Was probably Nebupalassar. This
| seems confirmed by statement IN another
| portion Of the inscription, where We are
| mencement Of the reign OF Nabonidus. b.
| c. 5i5. the UrLnanda. or barbarlans, had de-
/ stroyed the temple OF the moon god at
| Harran; that would be, therefore, in Il. c.
| campaign being confined 10 Assur and
/ South AssyIia, and II seems evident that
| this Inscription does not describe the de-,
| struction of Nineyeh-