Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 344
s betweenwords (except in one instance, where the forms of the letters * Rich gives its dimensions as i,ioo yards by 8cx). XI.1 INSCRIBED BO IVLS. 291 would seem to indicate a later date), nor are there any vowelpoints. But the most remarkable circumstance connectedwith them is, that the characters… … Inscribed earthen Bowls, from Babylon. The orthography of the inscriptions is very defective, andsometimes pure Hebrew sentences are found mixed with theChaldee. The words Halleluiah and Selah occur innearly every one of them. All this tends to confirm theopinion that the writers were Jews; for it…
