]an.14] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.
To these maybe added a short noteon the Woodcalled Urkarina
(February,1889).
To Dr. Bezold the Society has been indebtedfor six communications.
In the twenty-two plates which areincluded therein will be found
severalpreviouslyunpublishedtexts.Theyare printed withthe following
titles: The " Woman's Language" of ancient Chalda;a (November,
1888); Some UnpublishedCuneiformSyllabaries,in eight plates(De
cember,1888); Two Inscriptionsof Nabonidus, fiveplates(January,
1889). On two duplicates of the BabylonianChronicle,two plates (Feb
ruary,1889); A Cuneiform list of Gods, twoplates(March,1889); Some
unpublishedAssyrian" Listsof officials,"five plates (May,1889).
In the communication by Mr. Robert Brown,jun.,F.S.A.,entitled,
Names of Stars in Babylonian (February, 1889), somecurious and
interestinginformationhasbeencollected. Mr.Brownhavingmadea
specialstudyof ancient Babylonianastronomy,I am glad to be able to
reportthathe has kindly consentedto continue thesubjectin a series of
articlesto appear in the numbersof Proceedings during the present
session.
Of those papers dealingwithmoregeneralsubjects,I have already
mentionedthatof the late ProfessorWilliamWright,D.C.L.,LL.D.,on
KuficGravestonesin the BritishMuseum(November,1888),a folding
plateof specimens of which wasissuedwiththe Proceedingsof November,
- The Rev. G. W. Collins, of Cambridge, in a paper entitled
'Ashtorethand the'Ashera(June,1889),hasre-openedthe interesting
questionof the exact meaningsof thesewords,in the careful discussionof
whichhe has collected a very considerableamountof interestingmatter.
Rev.A Lbwy, in a short note(May,1889),advancesa new theoryon
the origin of the name Damascus,transcribedby him Dameshek,andin
the same number,underthe title, TheElohisticandJehovistic Names
of Men andWomenin the Bible,discussesa subject of considerable
interest.
Besidesthosepapersalreadydetailedabove,in the section devoted
to Egyptian antiquities, Dr. Wiedemann has placedthe Society in
possessionof his studiesin another field,and in two papers,on the
Legendsconcerningthe Youthof Moses(PartI, December, 1888 ; Part 1 1,
May,1889),has brought togethera large quantityof ancient andcurious
lore bearing on this subject.
Thusendsthe various andvaluableseriesof papers withwhichthe
Societyhasbeenfavoured duringthelast Session. Before however
leavingthisportionof my Report, I cannot helpreferringshortly,and
particularlycallingattentionto the seriesof papers commencedin the
recentDecembernumberof the Proceedings. Doctorsdifferveryconsi
derablyas to the proper positionto be assigned to the nation calledthe
Akkadians. Forthisreasonanythingbasedon the scientific principles
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