Ebook Babylonian Life and History

The decipherment of the clay tablets is not by any means easy, especially of the unbaked, which have recently been brought to England from old Babylon and Sepharvaim. The writing is complex and difficult, and in many cases the sharp edge of the writing has been sadly rubbed, while the wedge itself is partly or wholly filled in with dust and silica. When the tablets are dug up they are wet and brittle; when they dry, they often fall into dust or crumble away slowly.