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Show '. LETTEH8 rnOM UAUYLON. BrltUli llmum lonlalni Klnaly lll.llr. al 4.300 War. Aiw Two series of curious Utbylonlan Ublets hire recently been placed In ue Assyrian room of tho Urltlsh mn-wni mn-wni The characters Inscrlbeil about NO II C on the first sorles give lists t measurements and stntlstlcs tit a f jlw- of raUlcs. They jiavrjgiieeri aaup with a care thaflndlcateV ft formed part of a largo aurvcy of ft country a cultlvablo land, and id tleaaly farmed tho data upon til li the n stem of taxation employed bj lie ktnga and prlesta was based lis strango that the Ilabylonlana.who, Ua tho ICgpytlans, had no deep the-or the-or al knowledge of arithmetic and oe uratlon, should so readily have ml these very prnctlctl calculations Til (system by which they dated the Uliis was peculiar Kacb year was riitl after some Important event that lit! (aken placo In It. Hut ns In tlmo I tbs system proved cumbrous. It was sUrTaodcd by another. In which the repal years ot the king cro used Til Second series comprise thu ol lost, grop ot Babylonian letters knovn Than tablets wcrn Inclosed In clay cn-vekots, cn-vekots, snd addrcssnl by kings to hill oOlclsls Iloth the letters nnd entiopes were naked, being prevented froa sticking together by powdering lhlalleu with flno clay In a stylo tern, but generally clear, tho letters conliln orders rofctrlng to matters of social administration Ono decrees that an Intercalary month bo Inserted Insert-ed h the calendar; while another ro-ferslo ro-ferslo the punishment of bribed officii! of-ficii! A stranger at the museum Slid the; resembled dog biscuits London Kuucss |