George Smith edition published in 1876.
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SOURCE 04 · BABYLONIAN
The Chaldean Account of Genesis
George Smith’s pioneering tablet translations
SOURCE INTEGRITY STATUSHistorical public-domain candidate
A landmark in the history of cuneiform discovery, not the final modern translation.
Pioneering nineteenth-century translation with readings later revised by Assyriologists.
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July 2026
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