The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-14

/ ~ PARIS strong resemblance anu
dissimilarlty to the Bible version.
The lower part of this tablet is in
such mutllated state that the trans
iators have not been able 20 mike out
the inscriptions. II Is here, probably,
that the account OF the creation OF man
was inscribed, and It IS the hope of the
translators that other fragments OF this
| tablet will be unearthed, with the help
OF which they may be able to decipher
the story. The fragments OF the lines
that they are able 10 make out, read;
FOR THY REDEMPTION DID HE
| CREATE MANKIND; EVEN HE, THE
MERCIFUL ONE, WITH WHOM is
| LIFE.
In another corner are the words;
MAYEsP THOU BE GREAT FOR A
| NOBLE COMPANION ART THOU. LET
| THY MANHOOD BE INCREASED.
WITH THE DOMINION or ALI. THE
GODS / HAVE CAUSED THY HAND TO
! BE FILLED.
If this applies to the creation OF man.
as It certainly appears to, It Is a re-
markable parallel to the Biblical &C.
count, although II Is, of course, In a
very different style OF wording.
Further down on the tablet are the
still more wonderful words;
WOMAN FROM THE FLANK OF MAN
WAS CALLED,
which certainly accords with the crea-
ton Of Eve as recorded in the Bible.
Making Day and Might.
The fth tablet relates to the creation
Of the heavenly bodies and of the max
ing OF day and night. II corresponds
with the fourth day In the Biblical &c
count. The first twenty-four Hines only
have been translated, They read;
HE MADE PLEASANT THE POSI-
TioN OF THE GREAT GODS.
1.-THE CONSULTATIONS HE AR:
RANGED THEM; THE DOUBLE
STARS HE FIXED,
2-HE ORDAINED THE YEAR AND
APPOINTED THE ZODIAC SIGNS
4SFH II TWELVE MONTHS OF CON,
OSCILLATIONS BY THREES HE
s.-FRoM THE DAY WHEN THE YEAR
COMMENCED TO IT'S 3, CLOSE y, QGds;,r1oN
OF THE CROSSING STARS. AND
FOR THE SEASONS THEIR
7.-NoT r. MAKE FAULT OR ERROR
sE OF EN 4R KiS9' OF BEL AND EA
ALONG WITH HIMSELF HE FIX
o.-HE OPENED GREAT GATES ON
EITHER SIDE. ~,
lO,-THE BOLTS HE MADE DE- STRONG ON
lin THE MASS HE MADE A STAIR
I2.- ME ILLuMINAToR He CAUSED
TO SHINE TO RULE AT THE
:. SiGitT;; po,>,rrn HIM no EsTAB.
COMING FORTH OF THE DAY.
n.-SAYING. EACH MONTH, Will WITH,
o1I ETTr FIJI "A I1cl RY THY DISK NAhr
MONTH No! VT AT THE RISING OF THE
1e-SHoRNs SHALL SHINE FORTH TO
ANNOUNCE THE ,I MIGHTTh"y ro A
I7-"oN THE SEVENTH DAY To
ts1 ptsH n THOU Fit5t5' AND CAUSE THE
RAYS OF THY FACE TO SHINE"
19.--"AT THAT TIME THE SUN ON THE
HHooIR2TTZzgoeNS OF HEAVEN AT THY
I CSMjGTT' DIVINE THE FORM"
T,-"TOWARD THE PATH OF THE
22.--"THEN THE SHINING OF THE
SUN SHALL CHANGE"
23.-"sEEKING HIS PATH"
a. Sci tHtt aS ~ '~A' 80
CREED"
This shows how day was created out
of the eternal night, and also the In
structIons given to the moon, which Is
mentioned as the "ffiuminator." II al
30 shows that the moon was created be-
fore the sun, whereas in the Bible the
sun Is given the priority. This differ
ence in these two accounts IL very Inn
IN Il
story OF the work OF the creation on the
fourth day. It is still more Important
from the fact that It illustrates clearly
that the account could not have been
copied from ancient Chaldenn records
Besides this. Il would appear that the
opening chapters OF the Bible were not
compiled until centuries after the be-
llefs, as inscribed on the tablets, had
been forgotten. 1t will be noticed that
these tablets, which are at least two
thousand years older than the Bible,
give q much more detailed account of
the creation than the Old Testament
does. Il Is not, therefore, reasonable 10
believe that the Bible was copied from
such records as these, as the copyists
would hardly have been likely to give
such an entirely different account of the
work on this particular day. Other frag-
ments of inscriptions on this tablet
show the Babyionidns' great love for
the moon, and in the lower corner Is a
hymn to Il. The Inscriptions speak OF
the moon as "The lord Of the night"
and 1.-THE gIver of everything that BEN
efts mankind" Another line says:
THOU HoLDEsT THE LIGHTNING.
PROPRIETOR OF ALL THINGS; THERE
IS NO GOD WHO HATH AT ANY. TIME
DISCOVERED THY FULLNESS.'
Creation OF the SIM.
The portion OF the tablet relating 10
the creation of the sun speaks OF It as
",he child Of the moon" and further on
says;
l.-oH! LORD. ILLuM1NAToR OF THE
DARKNESS. OPENER OF THE
2.-MERCIFuh GOD, WHO sETTETH
UP THE FALLEN, WHO KEEPETH
s.-gMTGS !, III. LIGHT TURN THE
l.1THE lsPfRiTs OF EARTH GAZE TO-
5.-TIIE TONGUES OF THE HOST AS
ONE CRY THOU DIRECTEST
G.-sMILING. THEIR HEADS THEY
LOOK TO THE THE, LIGHT, OF THE SUN;
AND MAKING GLAD.
s.-THOU ART THE LIGHT IN THE
VAULT OF THE FAR OFF HEAN-
o.!THou ART THE EYE CENTRE OF
1O.-MEN FROM FAR AND NEAR BE-
HOLD THEE AND REJOICE.
1.-THE GREAT GODS sMEIT THE
SWEET SAVIOUR, THE FOOD or
THE SHINING HEAVENS.
II