Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & IrelandCambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1892 With appendices. |
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Página 374 - There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living ; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Página 374 - The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Página 824 - Placing their bodies in every conceivable position, they throw the fragments to the ground — not each one according to his strength, but under the eye of the overseer, who never ceases from blows. Then boys, creeping into the galleries dug by the men, collect with great labour the stones which have been broken off, and carry them out to the mouth of the mine. " Next, from these a crowd of old and sickly men take the stone and lay it before the pounders. These are strong men of some thirty years...
Página 374 - Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life : and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD ; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them : and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith the LORD. But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
Página 374 - And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds ; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come...
Página 501 - Morley. — A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS in the ARABIC and PERSIAN LANGUAGES preserved in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Página 374 - I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life : and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD ; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them...
Página 825 - This he transmits to the cooks, who, immediately they receive it by weight, put it into a clay pot, and in proportion to its quantity they add a lump of lead, some grains of salt, a little alloy of silver and lead, and barley bran. " The pot's mouth being carefully covered and luted round, they cook it five days and five nights consecutively. On the following day, when the burnt materials are cooled, they pour them into another vase. They find none of the things which were put in together, but only...
Página 374 - They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living...
Página 824 - The next task is performed by women, who, alone, or with their husbands and relations, are placed in enclosures. Several mills are placed together in a line, and standing three together at one handle, filthy and almost naked, the women lay to at the mills until the measure handed to them is completely reduced. And to every one of those who bear this lot death is preferable to life.