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Monolith of Shalmaneser II.
(From the original in the British Museum.)

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By-Paths of Bible Knowledge

VII

ASSYRIA

ITS PRINCES, PRIESTS, AND PEOPLE

BY

A. H. SAYCE, M.A.

DEPUTY PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY, OXFORD, HON. LL.D. DUBLIN, ETC.

AUTHOR OF 'FRESH LIGHT FROM THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS,' 'AN INTRODUCTION TO EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND ESTHER,' ETC.

LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,

56, Paternoster Row, 65, St. Paul's Churchyard,
and 164, Piccadilly

1885

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