Proceedings Of The Society Of Biblical Archaeology 1879

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology: November, 1878, to June, 1879 The thanks of the Meeting were voted for these communications, which will appear in a future part of the Transactions. It was announced that, if possible, the Council intended to arrange for the Archaic Classes to be held during next year, and that notice would be sent to the Members of the Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...scarcely be occasioned by the fact of the same character being adopted by the Assyrians to express both sounds. There is nothing new in the identification of Jy ""TT" (Khaziti or Haziti) with if (Gaza), for it was published by Mr. Layard in his work, "Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon," p. 627, in the year 1853. It is now shown that the hard consonant sound of the Hebrew y occurs in the Assyrian language and that it is expressed by the consonant part of the syllabic sign kha. Thanks were returned for these communications. The Next Meeting Of The Society will be held at 9, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, W., on Tuesday, April 6th, 1880, at 8.30 p.m., when the following papers will be read: --I. "The so-called Tomb of St. Luke at Ephesus." By Professor G. Weber. II. "Preliminary Notes on the Characters, Phonetics, and Lan guage of the Akkadians and the Pre-Akkadians." By Hyde Clarke. III. "Libation Vase of Osor-ur, preserved in the Museum of the Louvre." By Paul Pierret. HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, ST. MARTIN'S I.ANE. PROCEEDINGS THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. TENTH SESSION 1879-80. Sixth Meeting, 6th April, 1880. REV. CANON ST. VINCENT BEECHEY, IN THE CHAIR. The following Presents were announced, and thanks ordered to be returned to the Donors: --From the Royal Society: --Proceedings; Vol.XXX, No. 200. 8vo. London, 1880. From the Society of Antiquaries of London: --Proceedings; Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 9th to March 20th, 1879. 8vo. London, 1880. From the Geological Society: --The Quarterly Journal; Vol. XXXVI, Part 1 (No. 141). 8vo. London, 1880. From the Royal Geographical Society: --Proceedings and Monthly Record of Geography; Vol. II, No. 3. 8vo. London, Mar...