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Records of the Past, 2nd Series, Vol. III

By A. H. Sayce

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This entry in the Records of the Past series includes the Precepts of Ptah-Hotep, the 'oldest book in the world,' the Hymn to the Nile, and the India House inscription of Nebuchadrezzer.

Title Page
Preface
Table of Contents
Equivalents Of The Hebrew Letters In The Transliteration Of Assyrian Names Mentioned In These Volumes
The Assyrian and Egyptian Calendars
Introduction - The Precepts of Ptah-Hotep
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Introduction - The Daughter of the Prince of Bakhtan and the Spirit that Possessed Her
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Introduction- Hymn to the Nile
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Introduction- Letters to Egypt from Babylonia, Assyria, and Syria, in the Fifteenth Century B.C.
Chapter I. Letter of Assur-yuballidh, King of Assyria, to Amenophis IV, King of Egypt
Chapter II. Letter of Burna-buryas, King of Babylonia, to Amenophis IV of Egypt
Chapter III. Letter of Burna-buryas to Amenophis IV
Chapter IV. Letter from Aziru to his Brother Khâi
Chapter V. Letter from Aziru to his Father Dûdu
Chapter VI. Letter from Rib-Addu to the King of Egypt
Chapter VII. Letters from Dusratta, King of Mitanni, to Amenophis III
Chapter VIII. VIII
Chapter IX. Letter of Dusratta to Amenophis IV
Chapter X. Letter of Dusratta to Amenophis III
Chapter XI. Letter of Dusratta to Amenophis IV
Introduction- Ancient Babylonian Agricultural Precepts
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Introduction- The India House Inscription of Nebuchadrezzar the Great
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Introduction- Contract-Tablets Relating to Belshazzar
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The Kings of Ararat
The Kings of Persia
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