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 683
e brightness of the•firmament. It has but three lines of inscription written inSumerian, the old sacred language of that country : — I S/ia ^ muntila 1 ki namdupsara-ka 3 u-gim gena-eThat is, Whoever distinguishes himself at the place oftablet-writing [in other words, at the school or universityof… … &^ ^^:^^/r^^^^i^ ^ RESEARCHES IN PALESTINE BY Lie. DR. J. BENZINGER Palestine became the object of most general interestearlier than any other Oriental country. It was known to Christendom fromits earliest days asthe Holy Land,being regarded asthe land where Godtrequently had re-vealed himself…
