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...Assyrian Readings. V. Selections from an Assyrian Book of Prayers. Professor Lyon. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
Professor Lyon gave the fourth of his series of Assyrian Readings, in the Fogg Museum yesterday afternoon. The subject of the reading was a mythological poem from the library of Saradanapalus of Assyria, describing a combat between the god Marduk and Tiamat, a dragon. The poem is written on six tablets, parts of which were brought to light in the British Museum in 1875 by George Smith...
Professor Lyon will give the fourth of his series of Assyrian Readings in the Fogg Museum at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The subject of the reading, which is open to the public, will be "Marduk and the Dragon...
...Assyrian Readings. IV. Marduk and the Dragon. Professor Lyon. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
Professor Lyon then explained at some length the decipherment of the inscriptions, and closed the lecture with views of Assyrian ruins, restorations and inscriptions...