The Chaldean account of Genesis : containing the description of the creation, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom, the times of the Patriarchs, and Nimrod, Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods : from the cuneiform inscriptions (1876)
Smith, George, 1840-1876 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 114
collection has two figures sitting one on each side of atree, holding out their hands to the fruit, while atthe back of one is stretched a serpent. We knowwell that in these early sculptures none of thesefio-ures were chance devices, but all represented events OF THE CREATION. 91 or supposed…
