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...Assyrian Readings. II. Some Oriental Diplomatic Correspondence of the 15th Century B. C. Professor D. G. Lyon. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...fifteenth century B. C. the kings of Babylon, Assyria and the neighboring countries, and also the governors of Syria, were engaged in an active correspondence with the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty. The medium of communication was the Assyrian language. Some 300 of the dispatches were found at ElArmana in Egypt in 1887, relating to royal intermarriage, military operations, and the giving of presents. This correspondence is the subject of Professor Lyon's Assyrian Reading in the Fogg Museum at 4 p. m. today...
Professor Lyon gave the first of his Assyrian readings yesterday afternoon in the Fogg Art Museum. His subject was an alabaster tablet of the 14th century B. C. which has been lately presented to the Semitic Museum. Its size is 12x9 inches and there is writing on both sides...
Professor Lyon closed the lecture with stereopticon views of Babylonian and Assyrian ruins and inscriptions...
...Assyrian Readings. II. Some Oriental Diplomatic Correspondence of the 15th Century B. C. Professor D. G. Lyon. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...