Eureka Reporter | 1904-08-19 | Page 3 | Books Made of Clay

BOOKS MADE OF CLAY curios t es found in the ru ns of 1 the ty of nineveh far beyond the plains of desopo tan a on the bani s pt the river agns gns lie the ru ns of the ancient ty of nineveh not long ago bilge mounds of earth and stone marked the place where and walls it tl e proud capital of the great assar an emo re stood the arade and scraper first of the I 1 and then of the british have eaird all the earth away and laid bare all abat remains of the old and i where the proud iri ces of assyria worshiped and the they read have all I 1 revealed to the s of a won de ng world the most curious of all the curious II 11 preserved in this wonderful manner are the clay books of nine aoh voh the chief library of the city was contained in the palace of the clay books which composed its contents aare sets 0 tablets cover with very small letters the tab lets are all oblong in shap and when beveral of them were used for one book the first line of the tablet fol lowing was written at the end of the one preceding it the writing was one when the clay of the tablet was soft the tablet as then baked to 1 arden it each tablet was number ed just as librarians of to day num her the books of which they have charge