The great cylinder inscriptions A [and] B of Gudea, copied from the original clay cylinders of the Telloh Collection Vol. 1 by I. M. Price (1899)

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Assyriologische Bibliothek herausgegebeii von Friedrich Delitzsch unci I'aul Ilaupt A'., gust P
— THE (preface* wealth of material brought to lit^lU by the excavations conducted by M. Ernest de Sarzec at Telloh in Babylonia, since 1878, is a boon to ever>- student of the ancient East. The artistic grace, the diverse methods of writing, and the great varict\-, of these 'finds' m.ike them of first importance in any study of the most ancient periods of the history of lower Bab}-lonia. The unstinted liberality of the French Government in promoting these excavations at Telloh, and its praiseworth_\- care in preserving and exhibiting in the Louvre the results of these treasure-finds, cannot be too highly commended. A goodly number of the inscriptions contained in the Telloh exhibits have been jniblished in the handsome work edited b}- Ernest de Sarzec and Leon Heuzey since 1884.'-' These splendid reproductions, b}' an almost inimitable French art, have almost precluded the necessity of consulting the original statues, tablets, and stela;. The great Cylinders A and B are the most notable inscriptions in this publication. Double plates 33 and 34, issued in 1S84, present Cylinder A executed by a heliograph process. In 1887, this same Cylinder A was issued again on double plate 35, presenting six views, covering the cylinder, as the result of a direct photographic process. In 1889, Cylinder B was issued on double plate 36 in six views by the same process. These beautiful reproductions on double plates 35 and 36 are, however, reductions of the originals by more than one-half These reductions, together with an occasional abrasion, and several portions almost hidden b\' calcareous deposits, present practical difficulties in deciphering all of the signs of either of the c\dinders. The only other attempt to present the inscriptions of these cylinders, was in the publication, in the Revue d^\ss\Tiologie,*-- of Amiaud's copy of Cylinder B from among his posthumous manuscripts. This copy, in so far as Amiaud was able to make identifications, is a transliteration into the late Assyrian character, while unidentified signs are a transcript of the original. Several long omissions in this copy, due doubtless to the fact that it was made for private use only, rendered it quite desirable that as complete a transcript as possible of these great cylinders be made accessible to scholars. Therefore, at the suggestion of Professor Friedrich Delitzsch, the author went to Paris, in the spring of 1898, to undertake the work. By the kindness of M. Leon Heuzey, Coiiservateiir dcs Antiquitcs orieiitalcs in the Louvre, ready access was granted to the valuable documents of the Telloh collection, and permission given to copy the great CyHnders A and B of Gudea. The difficulties of the work at the beginning were twofold: (i) A lack of large experience in copying inscriptions directly from clay originals, and (2) the fact that the reading had to be done through the plate-glass of the case that contained the cylinders (see the Diconvertes c-n Chahlie. Par Ernest de Sarzec, |iublie [lar les soins de Leon Heuzey. Paris, 1884 Vols. II. pp. 124—135; III. pp. 42 — 4S.
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The great cylinder inscriptions A [and] B of Gudea, copied from the original clay cylinders of the Telloh Collection Vol. 1 by I. M. Price (1899)

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