The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-23
RILPRECBr DEFENDS TARLET.
cites These whO Agree Win Him ~ 10
as0ry sG tire Deluwe

PHTLADELPHIA. April .?,-For the fret
time since the authenticity Of DR.. n. V.
Hilprecht's Deluge tablet was attacked
he has made public reply to his critics.
Tho opening g1ins Of the anti Hilprecht
forces wers fired at the meeting Of the
American Oriental society In Baltimore
ON April >. The attack was Ied by Prof.
George Barton of Bryn Mawr and Prof
4. 7. Clay. former pupil OF DIR. Hill
precht
Aside from the persona lities In Prof
Rarton'H attack his charges imputed to
DR.. Hilpr-cht either error or misreprrsep-
tation in fixing the date of the tablet
Dr RaTton. however. did not attempt to
A. The date OF tho tablet. DIR. Hlprecht
disposes Of the generalities of tho Bal,i-
more attack nv quoting a personal letter
from the president oI tho Oriental Society.
who oppressed rcgrrt that he was IN the
chair while an attack Was made that was
ut entirely scientific and critical hut IN
part personal The writer ~ the letter
expressed the same regret publicly IN an
article in tho IRdsps Rdsst % ApTiI =
pr Hilprrcht reiers tn the Endorsement
that hts translation ~ the tahlet received
from Dr Hugo Radau. -one ~ Americas
greatest AS-yrioIogists, Who. like another
we'll known American leader IN Assy rioloGy
whose publication ushered In a new period
in Our sciences. had called nv discovery
epochmaking.
The greater part ~ Dr. Hilprecht's
letter - devoted IN al analysis Of the
later attack made by Prof. Clay through
the newspapers OF April 10 Dr. HI-
precht meets Clay'S translation ~ the
h"hrew Min by standing by has Trans
latIon. Clay challenges him To produce
reputable scholars To support M" trans
iatIOn 10y nutub..r Hilpr"ch' replies
thar plenty Of authority - quoted in the
booklet on the Deluge tablet One of these
authorities ~ Williamson. the most
famous Old Testament scholar living
and acoih"r - -DehtIsch. Who's. hook
Hilprech' says, Or. clay svifen'iy has
never seem
Claws ATTACH on HIIpreChts transIa-
zion Of the ctInsIform Wa - met with
'urlou~ authorities. and Dr Hilprecht =
rotnark that tlays assert ion rcUTr.spnts
either an intentional mIsTsprs'-. TtatiOn
- facts ~ biis-fui iEEoranos ~ tils first
clements Ot AE@yrtan c'IueitoTnt writing
But 20 ~" laV mind the chief Jsoint OF
contrn, sr-y h"twsen 'lay and liiiprecht
- IN" question whether or not HiipreCht
is Supported 10y DR.. Pinche~ of thu Uni
yersity college. Landau clay had said
that " DIR. Pinchs~ wrote the letter IN th.. /
0
n ilpre,ht. no must have changed his mind /
since. Clay quotes a letter irosn Dr
Punches - him IN which he sssy- tho stvI. .
ol writing - certainly not what ! should /
have expeCtssi II tor the Rim -Sin
Hiipr'-'hi REPLIES thRt h~ never ssiT
ne tablet was ~ the RiIn-Sin period. bat T.
distinctly sad that ~ was ~ an earliaf /
psrlOt. of the dynasty - Ism Then I
quotes - length from q signed I
articles Nv D. Ptnshe- IN the t.nndou {
N6,rs u April NJ which there, ,
AN 10 10 doubt a. To the author-hip
Dr.. PinChP~ comedies tho great age - ,
the lIilrr.ch' tablet. and comments /
PARTICULARLY on the striking similarity 1
u N. story - the Bible story
The work SAYS Pin"hss which
Prof Hilprecht has written ~ a scientific /
production 81 the highest importance
DR. Hilpr~cht says he has received 4
stter~ Of similar tone from five leading
american Assyriologist@ and three Eng
ish and two GerIn1n scientists. all ex-
Jerts without exception.