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
Sacred Tree, Seated Figure on each side, and Serpent in BACKGROUND, FROM AN EARLT BaBTLONIAN CYLINDER. Creation, leads man to sin, is the creature of Tiamat,the living principle of the sea and of chaos, and he isan embodiment of the spirit of chaos or disorderwhich was opposed to the deities at the…
