RELG 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Austen Henry Layard, Mosul, Ashurbanipal

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 201
• Professor: Eric Bellavance

Document Summary

All languages that were spoken during the time of mesopotamia. Paul-emile botta: french consul in the city of mossul (northern irak: on the first boat it had a lot of goods on it and so it was too heavy, so their first boat sank. Nineveh, who was once the capital of the mighty assyrian empire, was one of the most prestigious cities in the ancient world. Austen henry layard: british consul in the city of mossul: had more money, bigger empire and had means to have a big excavation. 12 tribes of israel and in 8th century syrians were responsible for the destruction of 8. Rassam made a sensational and exceptional discovery: the private library of king. Assurbanipal containing some 25 000 tablets and tablet fragments. Once in a while we can see stories about the god in these in inscriptions. There were people who were specialized in created the seals. Sometimes they were used to seal doors.