Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-03
BEFORE EVEN ABRAHAM WAS
Marvellous Results of the Excava-
tons at Ancient Nippur.
Document 1000 Years Old Telling of
Lugalzaggisi, the First World Con-
oueror-Northern Hordes of
That Time.

H., 80, ar ,nriont Nipnur by
Irntycrsity or prunslvvunia. under the al
,.rtiou oi pror.ssor IT. \. uilprecht, the
.,,,i'ji o,,,hrri,y on Assvri,u history The
,r,irio ,a,,d, IN Tart.
,,.t,,,, r,n,,,,,ls Clutch arc being excavAted
a., Nirr,, rov,r envernl district cities,
III rno ,rr.r.utlv having been founded
cav II 'i'e Ipt', c 49,, 't,,- v.bicb ureceded
:, =, u.,,,id .,,r, tbnt yyhen i temple had
a.. - IVY "G' ',,', " ,,,,,Y d,nastv wouid level
t,o 1T, Ia, huiIdinr . platform over
tn,,r ou his Tho now TEMPLE would be
,ii, t,t,o nr NOV. .ii,b ulntforms have
I.,., disrovpred i'm Nippur and each one
''u ,, u, az cor,,,rtss Each
Xxx ~ a. ronnnn, hrrune the cellar of its
,'',.N,. go ,,,, ,o, ir,upinc i'm the mil
,,,,i,,,,,s me- nu SOD some iuha bitant dis
o,,,,i,, , strnnpp nussagcvav beneath
,,is bn,Isa ,vindine down To wonderful
.S,.orns ynt rha platforms seem to have
1, 80 ,,,ri,l, min. srunrute Ofcourse,
me- nhis,ts which are comuaratively re-
,a,,t unr. found no; far below the surface
~ mo r,,,,rds Su,b for instance were
49,. Gu~tnn,s ,.ro,ds of the firm OF
NIurashu sons Of Nippur. a concern which
Thrivad in the limo of ArtaNerNcs l.. sGi
,.oare baforc christ These tablets are in
. nc me Oldest bookkeeping records
M tho world Professor Hllprecht in tell
5n, hoy, be found them saws:
. .Vhile explorinr the central part of
,i,, nar,bvsstarn ride of the ruins of
diagaNprpI "A y 2.I1
,,,a+ras vida, about six metres below the
',,ra,o IL coiliny mad COLLAPSED long
900. its side walls for The greater part
So in rims and The clay floor was COW
.rad With Garth and rubbish from above
,anv of trained Anci workmon was
ordored ,o remove the debris that filed
tbo roop, when suddenly they noticed
su,nerous clay tablets living upon the floor.
f,u hours 1ator the whole room had
haen carefully searched and cleaned. Sew
,n hundred and thirty tablets were gather
"a and aefoIv stored in the castle of our
Tortiucd ANN
"''Aftar 81 critical examination of the
b,ud,ne, i,seIf and If the condition posi-
aio, and contents found therein 1T became
.Vi,ont that the excavated room had been
So. ussd az a business archive of the ap-
norortI,, usaIthv ana influential firm of
kouraehu sons Of Ninpur who lived in the
Elm of Artaxerxes and Darius H.. in
m,hosa reirns the documents are dated
:. ,rhese tablets are MORTGAGES notes,
,of,oI contracts and agreements of all
Kinds and to read them as they have been
fransiated tv Professor HilprcCht one
,,.o,'Id aInost haIiava tben to be the work
r. , r,odcrn Notary Perhaps the most
,o,narkable record is the first one trans
le,,d I, ie a guarantee that an emerald
g.. in eoid ring will not fall out for
tw,ntv vcars If reads as follows:
% %, "a iddipo and Relshuna sons of
1el and Ua+in Of Rnzuzu. smoke unto Bel
npdin-shumu son of Murashu. thus: As
,o,carns mo gold ring set with an emer-
aid we gusranto. hat for twenty years
,bo ap,oraId viii NOT fall ont of the ring
II the emerald sbouId fan ont of the gold
YIN hoforo tho ond of twentv wears Bel
od.iddine RaIshuna and Uatin shall nav
,,nto rol,nadin-shumu an Indemnity OF
ION mana of silver
"rbis is a sample Of the remarkable
do,,mcnts found in the archive room
which in our dsy would have been a vault
or an iron safe N1urashu sons must have
carried on an extensive business which
lasted over fiftv wears during which time
tbov ac,ed as agents for the wealthy Per-
Sims who did not care to attend in per-
on 70 +hoir I,roa asto,o. IL, no bot and
,nal,rioue pob1,ionian country but leased
1hefr faIds and other pronertv to the firm
ana lived from their revenues in the cities
with their manifold Injuries and attrac-
,io,s All ~ is o,,i,a a,iiort fro,,, the
many contracts, leases, bills of sale OF
Frnn, ,ho ,3atri, 80 tba, oocio,,, roo,,, -
..prorlse,,. iIii,,roh, b,, hoa,, ,nnstort
g., e,ai,, fr,ari,,,1+s of t.hIot, az ,osoe
~ ,,rr. 90 s,,.cnrbagi a.r .acb frar.
,,o,t tnecrihad MIR sor,a o,ligb+.rin,
co., or norha,'. ,y,,h eor,o r,,y9line stata
-, 40 no.. ,,i,,, - ,.ni,t u.,a $40. a..
siiI ,.t, - H. ., ~ a.
,t,,,,s to rorrnLora.e ,nonv bietorica
.ta,cr,orts oorcernire. l-i,,ge heroro Cbrie,
rI t 49, 90 en- 'o,,,rilt.I,. -. oar,
=, 49, 49, H. 80 ,,,,.i. ,',,t e. 80
,raoad ho+Iy - no 5o,., o. w. c. . On
" ~ "a 80 es,1or IL; .tz H., -
$50, 90 So, =, 'o -, ~, ,,,',,ia p 10,
,ha+ tho rrogment,r,, o,ida,ca of 49,
,,,ars u.s fn,,nI ~, ,er,,,, ,,.,. ~,
no,,n,. ~ paI az roiiI oro,,,,d rhioh a.
.o,;r,io, - N.i,,,,,, va oo,.und :, 49,.
~ howayer tbst In tho tbroa 80, Gov,
Sc. r,,,I,.d h. 10 s,,erassi'.a ,t corr,
M The ter,nlo o,ory,hiro r,,, -, s,,ch
k,a.r,.ntarr .onait;,,, =. as, '.a..a .t
kafora tha J,n,.<,a NO., ,i,. 81, 80 i
sortI aho,,t . 900 I, r, 49,, aa,,a, ~ 49,,
W.. carr;ad an,a,. -, uIira -, ~ 'nii ie ~
ne IeIuo Witch ,ba,, on,,i, ta,.s W.
9bey could No, ,aa,o ,bo,, Lroi,o t,,,o ,i.ao
ma sc,t,ora1 IT. ,r!or 80 .,i 4, NV
nor,o or tbo eroii or t,,Ia a,,,ta,,t ra;1
,o.dsy boir, d,,o. M a d. sito 90 -
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