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 369
the place of his father, was a sneakingArab of the lowest type, little respected by his followers,begging for everything that came under his eyes, turbulent,treacherous, and a coward, and brooding mischief all thewhile. Two of the principal *Afej tribes, the Hamza and theBehahtha, both of which… … DUEING 19ii CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 315 threw their scrapers and baskets away and commenced thewar-dance, brandishing their spears or guns in the air andchanting some defiant sentence especially made up for theoccasion, as, e. g.y We are the slaves of Berdi, The lastday has come, Down with…
