Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 196
ons of cylinders, were triangu-lar in shape. From the factthat at their corners there areholes through which cords musthave passed, it became evident,even without deciphering theirinscriptions, that they were usedsomewhat like labels attached toan object. As a rule I have found Babylonian documents… … Clay Tablet with Envelope, Nuffar 156 EXILOUATIOXS I\ BIBLE LANDS 1 and 60, heing rendered by the same perpendicular wedge,thus confirming the statement of Berosus that the Baby-lonians employed a sexagesimal system of calculation. Among the stray clay reliefs taken from the upper layersof Senkere,…
