Journal of Near Eastern Studies | An album of dated Syriac manuscripts |
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Journal of Sacred Literature, New Series [Series 4] vol | [translated to English as Syriac grammar with bibliography, chrestomathy and glossary, by R |
63: The Assyrians went to war with helmets upon their heads made of brass, and plaited in a strange fashion which is not easy to describe.
10They carried shields, lances, and daggers very like the Egyptian; but in addition they had wooden clubs knotted with iron, and linen corselets | This people, whom the Hellenes call Syrians, are called Assyrians by the barbarians |
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The Chaldeans served in their ranks, and they had for commander Otaspes, the son of Artachaeus | Gaunt, Massacres, Resistance, Protectors, pp |
Boston: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, reprinted in 2002 by Gorgias Press.
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