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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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"'The
two
fragments,
which
you
have
published
separately
upon
pages
22
and
26,
belong
together'"
(this
amazing
Assyrian
priest
spoke
American!).
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"'They
are
not
finger-rings,
and
their
history
is
as
follows:--
"'King
Kurigalzu
(about
1300
B.C.)
once
sent
to
the
temple
of
Bel,
among
other
articles
of
agate
and
lapis
lazuli,
an
inscribed
votive
cylinder
of
agate.
Then
the
priests
suddenly
received
the
command
to
make
for
the
statue
of
the
god
Nibib
a
pair
of
ear-rings
of
agate.
We
were
in
great
dismay,
since
there
was
no
agate
as
raw
material
at
hand.
In
order
to
execute
the
command
there
was
nothing
for
us
to
do
but
cut
the
votive
cylinder
in
three
parts,
thus
making
three
rings,
each
of
which
contained
a
portion
of
the
original
inscription.
The
first
two
rings
served
as
ear-rings
for
the
statue
of
the
god;
the
two
fragments
which
have
given
you
so
much
trouble
are
parts
of
them.
If
you
will
put
the
two
together,
you
will
have
confirmation
of
my
words.
But
the
third
ring
you
have
not
found
yet,
and
you
never
will
find
it.'"
The
professor
awoke,
bounded
out
of
bed,
as
Mrs.
Hilprecht
testifies,
and
was
heard
crying
from
his
study,
"It
is
so,
it
is
so!"
Mrs.
Hilprecht
followed
her
lord,
"and
satisfied
myself
in
the
midnight
hour
as
to
the
outcome
of
his
most
interesting
dream".
The
professor,
however,
says
that
he
awoke,
told
his
wife
the
dream,
and
verified
it
next
day.
Both
statements
are
correct.
There
were
two
sets
of
drawings,
one
in
the
study
(used
that
night)
one
used
next
day
in
the
University
Library.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
