Word: istar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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About one hundred and twenty-five people attended Prof. Lyon's Assyrian reading last night. Besides giving a detailed sketch of the poem, Prof. Lyon read the two episodes of "Istar" and the "Deluge." The reading lasted about an hour, and was listened to throughout with interest and attention...
...poem contains a very beautiful episode of the descent of Istar, the goddess of love, into hell, which is also preserved in other tablets. It is a curious fact that parts of several editions of the poem have been found which lead to the belief that there were at one time many editions. The only place where the poem can be found is in Sayce's edition of Smith's "Chaldaean Genesis," which contains about one-third of the poem...
...interest to every one, as he has studied the poem from original sources and is one of the few persons in the world who have made it a study. In the course of the reading, which will be short, he will give a metrical version of the episode of Istar, which has been written by one of his colleagues...
Assyrian Antiquities. Special subject: The Izdubar Legends (continued). Adventures of Istar. Professor Lyon. Divinity Hall Upper Lecture Room...