Word: babylonish
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor D. G. Lyon then gave a short address on the letters found in 1887 in the ruins of Amarna, half way between Thebes and Memphis. These letters, some 300 in number, deal with wars, invasions, etc., and usually begin with lengthy greetings. The writing is in the Babylonish script on clay tablets, some of which are remarkably well preserved. These tablets are of great importance as they serve to show the far reaching influence of Babylon on the shores of the Mediterranean...