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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
Foun4 &\ Ur
Ing the northwest face of lfn» tower, in exi-a latluii
u building lying In front of It—a very large Inclos-
ut-c, which. Judging from Inscriptions, may hove
been or Included the Temple of Glmil-SIn, one of
the deified kings of the third dynasty of Ur. who
reigned about 2200 I!. C.
"From this temple we lmve recovered some good
ro^al Inscriptions on stone door sockets and on
clfiy cones. From an outlying part of the site we
have obtained a series of terra cotta figures of
gods, extremely valuable for the study of Sumerlan
religion, as most of them give new types and
attributes."
"The huge platform, originally built by Ur-Engur
about 2800 B. C„ stands almost Intact, much of its
brick work as sharp as when the builders laid It,
and even of the upper stages, added by King Naho-
nidus eighteen hundred years later, we have been
able to learn not a little from their scantier ruins.
It will take most of the season to lay bare the
whole slggurat (tower), but when that is done
Mesopotamia will possess no other so Imposing
monument of Its old greatness."
Of the pictures the "writing of 2200 R C." is
an inscription from the Temple of Olmll-Sin at 'Jr.
The Temple of the Moon Ood with Its court and
altar. Is at Ur and Is the work of Nebuchadnezzar,
about GOO It. P. The floor Is that of the Temple
of the Moon (!od. The gold ornaments and ritual
spoon are of Nebuchadnezzar's time.
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By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
ECOHHED history has been
pushed back another thousand
years by the arelieologlsts exca-
vating at Ur of the Chaidees In
Mesopotamia near ancient Bab-
ylon. They have uncovered a
temple near Ur, with an ln-
1 scrlption approximately 6,500
years old. This Inscription, cut
In marble in the Sumerlan lan-
guage, records the fact that
A-an-nl-pad-da, whose reign can
be fixed by ancient king lists at
about 4500 B. C„ built the
temple In honor of the goddess Nin-khur-sag. Cop-
per reliefs and statues found antedate by H.OOO
years the finds In the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen In
Egypt, now attracting (he attention of the world.
Ur Is In Babylonia, which is the part of Turkey
in Asia lying nearest to the Persian gulf. Turkey
In Asia is tile Asia Minor of the old geographies.
In the northeastern part lies Armenia. The Tigris
and Euphrates rivers wander around through east-
ern Turkey and unite just before they reach the
Persian gulf.
So this Is the land of the Garden of Eden, the
cradle of the human race. The Euphrates is
named in the Scriptures as one of the rivers which
water It. Eden Is the ordinary term for a plain
In the Sumerlan language. This Is also the land
of the Deluge and the Babylonian records preserve
a tradition which corresponds in details with the
story of Noah and the Ark.
This Is the land of Nineveh, "that gVeat city,"
and of Babylon, "the mighty," with its hanging
gardens and Its Tower of Bnbel.
It Is the land of Nebuchadnezzar, who was made
to "eat grass as oxen," and who threw Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego into the fiery furnace be-
cause they would not worship the golden image
he had set up, and then promoted them because
they came out unharmed.
It Is the land of Belshazzar's feast, where the
moving finger writ, "Mine Mene Tekel Upharsln,"
and "In that night was Balshazzar the King of
Chaldeans slain and Darius the Median took the
kingdom."
It was Sennacherib the Assyrian, who "came
flown like a wolf on the fold."
Out of Ur of the Chaidees went Abraham to
lead the Israelites to Canaan in Galilee. Inciden-
tally this pushing back of recorded history Is hard
on Abraham. In Iilbilcai history as It was taught
two generations ago Abraham bulked large as Just
about the beginning of things and Israel as just
about the greatest nation of ancient days. Now
we know that Abraham (about 2100 B. C.) occu-
pies oaSy a middle chapter In the history of man-
kind and that Israel was a small power which
thrived In the late pre-Christian centuries and had
occupied a comparatively Insignificant place
among the great nations of Its age.
The excavating at Ur Is being carried on Jointly
bv tlie British museum and the University of Penn-
sylvania museum. MaJ. C. Leonard Woolley is in
charge. In a report to Director G. B. Gordon of
the University of Pennsylvamjt museum, now made
public, Major Woolley says, in part:
"The Important archeotoglcal results obtained
by the Joint expedition last Nnvember at the two
■Ites of L'r and Tel el Obelil were surpassed by the
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remarkable discoveries made during December. In
a previous report I had given some account of
the little temple of Tel el Obeld, about four miles
from Ur. The excavation of the building Is now
complete and a far fuller Idea can be got of w hat
Is by a good deal the oldest example of building
construction yet known.
"A marble tablet was discovered, Inscribed in
Sumerian, which records that this was the temple
of the goddess Nin-khur-sag, built in her honor by
the king of Ur, A-an-ni-pad-da, and the latter is
known to us from the king lists drawn up about
2000 1!. C. as the ruler of the first dynasty of Ur,
the third dynasty to reign after the flood. Taken
at Its face value, the Sumerian chronology would
assign our statues and reliefs to a date somewhere
about 4500 B. C.; even If that chronology has to
be modified, we can yet say that our month's work
hns given us the oldest dated example of man's
handwriting and the oldest known triumphs of
the art of Tubal-Cain.
"One small object found almost by chance
afforded us a disproportionate satisfaction. It was
n gold scarabold bead inscribed with the name and
title of the man who built this, the oldest building
In the world still standing above ground, King
A-an-nl-pad-da of Ur, who, If Sumerian chronology
Is right, reigned about 4500 B. C.
"A broad flight of stone steps led to a platform
about twenty feet high on the south corner of
which stood the temple proper, Its gate tower
fronting on the stairway, Its facade set back from
the edge of the platform so as to leave a narrow
step, on which stood a row of statues of bulls sculp-
tured In the round.
"These stood some three feet high and were
made of thin copper plates beaten up over a
wooden core. Their heads were turned out to face
the spectator and their horns were of gold.
"Of the frieze of cattle lying down, these also
beaten up from copper plates with heads cast In
more solid metal and Joined onto the bodies, we
have now a dozen examples, many of them In a
Wonderful state of preservation.
"Above them was a frieze of a different sort,
figures carved in white shell or limestone were
Inlaid against a background of black tesserate, the
whole Inclosed In a copper frame. Of this we
have a complete sectlrtn In perfect condition; some
show bulls advancing In solemn procession.
"The most Interesting, a paasl four feet long,
has on one side a milking scene, cows and their
calves, and men milking the cows Into tall Jars,
In the middle of reed-bullt byre with heifers com-
ing out from a gate, and on the other side men
engaged In straining and storing some kind 0/
liquid, probably wine or oil or clarified butter.
"An Important discovery was that of two col-
umns ten feet high, Incrusted with mosaic work in
black paste, red stone and mother of pearl.
"At Ur Itself our work during the month has
been less spectacular but thoroughly successful.
One face of the greatest Zluggurat tower has been
cleared of debris and the chambers at Its foot have
been laid bare, giving us for the first time an Idea
of what the surroundings of the Zluggurat were.
"We are now engaged, as a preparation for clear-
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not emphasized are of particular Interest. One is
that the inscription in the temple of Nin-khur-
sag Is on marble, that the steps are of stone and
that stone enters into the decoration. This is a
land where stone is unknown. So Its use suggests
relations with other lands and efficient methods of
transportation.
The other Is that the great towers which marked
the many cities of this ancient region were all
recessed towers, the second stage teing smaller
than the first, and so on. Apparently history does
repeat itself, for New York bus evolved this same
type of architecture for use In its latest sky-
scrapers.
The Tigris and Euphrates rise In Armenia. Of
the great triangle between them the north 400
miles l» a gently descending slope from the moun-
tains. The remaining 400 miles Is a vast alluvial
plain farmed from silt brought down by the two
rivers. In the north the channels of the two rivers
are often deap below the surface. In the south
the level of the waters Is often above the sur-
rounding plain. So man had to control the wa-
ters—by dikes and darns and canals, both for Irri-
gation and drainage. The first-comers made the
region the garden spot of the then world.
The people who accomplished all this we now
call by the name of Sumerians. Whence they
came is unknown. In the time of King A-an-nl-
pad-da they were a highly civilized and organized
race. The city-state was the unit of government.
The Inhabitants of the cities were skilled In trades
and professions. They had classes. . They had
elaborate codes of laws. They had a very com-
plete and highly developed system of writing—
the cuneiform script written on clay tablets with
a stylus. This persisted until the full of Babylon,
thousands of years later.
The Sumerians were overcome by a stronger
and more warlike race—the Semitic people from
whom sprang the Hebrews and Abraham. Babylon
came Into being. The Assyrians succeeded the
Babylonians. Assyria strode like a Colossus over
the ancient world—a highly civilized people of
remorseless cruelty whose main purpose was war
and destruction. Assyria came to an end about
500 B. C. with Its capture by the Medes and Per-
sians. Wrote Isaluh long before (Isaiah 13: li>-22):
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of
the Chaldee'B excellency, shall be as when Ood
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never
be Inhabited. . . . But the wild beasts of the
desert Bhall lie there, and their houses shall be
full of doleful creatures', and owls shall dwell
there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Isaiah's prophecy was almost llternlly fulfilled.
For more than two thousand years this land was
forgotten. When its civilization perished this
garden spot went hack quickly to wilderness—In
the north to barren wastes; In the south to swamp
and Jungle. The great cities, being built of sun-
dried brick, collapsed Into great mounds of clay
which resemble eroded hills.
But the pendulum of time has swung again.
Another people and another civilization will re-
store this lund of the Garden of Eden. Again will
It be made one of the garden spots of earth.
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Fairij Tale
MARY • GRAHAM • ROMMRR
GREAT SHEPHERD DOG
"I heard this story a little while
ago," said Daddy,
"'jj V- V
On She Went.
"anil it Is n true
story.
"There was a
little girl, and
she had gone off
to look for spring
flowers. She loved
the flowers of the
spring, and she
thought she would
find some near ah
old swamp which
was some little
distance from her
hu ;ie.
"Off she went,
and as she walked
along she plucked
many blossoms.
"Oh, she was
getting so -tany
that she could hardly hold them all
"Some of them dropped from her
hands, but she held closely to the rest.
She (lb) not pick up the few which
hud fallen, for she wanted to find some
May flowers or trailing arbutus flow-
ers which she knew were not far away.
"And she wanjed to be able to hold
some of these, too.
"She only had two hands and a lit-
tle basket which was 011 her wrist and
which was already half filled.
"On she went, and along by her side
went her dog. lie was a shepherd
dog and was a pet of everyone in the
family.
"But this little girl loved him, she
thought, more than any of the others
did.
"For no one could love him as much
ns she did. She was quite sure of
that.
"On and on they went. And before
long tliey reached the swamp.
"She had planned to go around it
and see what she could find.
"But she saw some pretty blossoms
growing In the center of the swamp,
and thought she would go over and
pick them.
"When she went over, though, she
began to slip and felt herself sinking
down.
"She bad heard of soft, soft, wick-
edly, wretchedly soft ground which
was called quagmire and which held
people as prisoners, catching them
down, down, and not letting them go.
"As she began to sink she tried to
take a step further on, but she only
went down further. She could not
step anywhere without sinking, sink-
ing. It seemed.
"The shepherd dog saw her. He
rushed quickly to her, and he, too,
started to slip. But he was lighter
than she, and too, he was on a bit of
earth not quite so treacherous and
wicked.
"It was bad enough, though.
"He too, slipped down. But he had
grabbed hold of her, and she had her
arms around him.
"He was holding her so that Just
her head and shoulders were above
the awful earth.
"He held on and held on. He barked
and she tried to call for help.
"But no oue was near. The house
was far away and no one liad«thought
she would be In danger.
"After awhile they were so exhaust-
ed they could not call or bark. She
hung on to her dog. He held her up
with all the strength and bravery in
his splendid dog body, though his legs
were held fast hy the mud.
"All night long he held her. It
seemed as though his strength would
give out, but his
splendid bravery
and love of he?
and forgetfultiess
of himself made
him able to last
through the whole
night.
"In the morn-
ing they were
found."
The little girl's
brother had
traced her by the
flowers which she
had dropped as
she had walked
atong.
"She was in She Tried to Tak&
bed for a day or a Step,
so, but no-111 results happened, and
boyi she and her dear shepherd dog
were soon as well as ever.
'And the shepherd dog, great, splen-
did, devoted pet that he was, was so
happy that she was safe that he
couldn't think of himself as brave—
only as being happy that his little mis-
tress was safe I"
MARY
SUCCEEDS
ON
Couldn't Hold It
The station master, hearing a crash
on the platform, ran out of his room
Just In time to see the express disap-
pearing around the curve and a dis-
heveled young man sprawled amid
several overturned milk cans and the
contents of his traveling bag.
"Was he trying to catch the train?"
asked the station master of a small
boy who stood by admiring the scene.
"He did catch It," said the boy hap-
pily, "but It got away again."
MAIN STREET
By LAURA MILLER
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Careless of Him
Boy—(home from college for the
week-end)—Have you seen m.v new
belt around the house?
Mother—No, did you put It around
the house?
g, 11*24. by Uaura Miller
"GOING 'EM ONE BETTER"
IN THE POST OFFICE
"1 can do what anyone else can do,"
a small girl out in Arkunsus took us
lier uiotto. Then he added to It, "If
it's worth while I cun even go 'em on«
better I"
Thereupon life "called her bluff"
as the boys say. Lucyuiuy Sellaer
had Murted the family record by be-
ing the first of five small Schaers.
She was within an ace of winning a
coveted school record at graduation,
when—failure, an empty family purse.
Lucymay landed a teacher's Job.
Then the Hot Springs paper—did 1
say Lucymay lived in Arkansas down
at the very end of a branch railroad?
—carrleu a letter from Uncle Sam to
Lucymay. Extra luck? Hardly. It
was just an announcement of exam-
inations for post office clerks. Lucy-
may felt a bit of u thrill when slta
went into a "first-class office" of tin*
United States government.
Then, "women can't earn their sal-
aries." she was informed, but she set
herself to qualify for a special clerk-
ship. The department rules that a.
clerk must handle letters at the rate
of 10 per minute. Miss Schaer aver-
ages 00 per minute, and lias, on testa,
climbed up to 72 without error. But
she held no political pull," and spe-
cial clerkships were jobs handed to-
the faithful. She stuck to the Job.
Pour years ago came the merit rul-
ing : semi-annual examinations to de-
termine those eligible for special clerk-
ships. "When my winning day ar-
rived," she says, "it was 1 n merit
alone."
Outside the office she 1ms* mothered
two younger sisters, gone into the
local V. W. C. A. and learned team
work by gaining members for the post
office clerks' organization. When a
new organization that seeks out suc-
cessful women reached Hot Springs, It
didn't require political pull to muk»
Lucymay Schaer successively local
and state president of the Business
and Professional Women's club. Sha
still holds, so far as she knows, the
post office record. "Of post office
work." she says, "I believe a r>od
woman worker can succeed better than
a man. Her hands are quicker and
her brain travels faster." And as for
living In the smaller place she sug-
gests, "One must prepare herself for
a special line to succeed."
"MANY A MICKLE MAKES
A MUCKLE"
If Old-Lady Fortune ever provided
you with an automobile headed 'way
south on the Dixie highway, you dis-
covered a clean whlte-and-green town,
which set you to wondering who had
a hand in making Orlando, Fla., un-
usual.
Well, one of the makers, who yet in-
sists that her part is only a minor
one, is named Julia Chapman. It's
the spirit she's put into her two job*
rather than the size of her bank ac-
count that you find yourself Interested
In. For she sells tickets in the rail-
road station and insurance and loans
on those white Orlando houses. Thos»
sound like unexciting occupations to
carry on in the home town, don't
they? Unlikely to bring success or
fame or even contentment?
iliss Chapman developed the habit
of doing the little things to the best
of tier ability. As Just one result, th»
card of her Insurance compuny now
carries in the upper right-hand corner,
"Julia K. Chapman, Sec. and Treas."
Orlando, a village when little Julia
Chapman, twelve years old. was or-
phaned, as a winter resort now at-
tracts thousands of tourists. Miss
Chapman sees in her ticket office work
not a monotonous, hateful job, but a
chance to help all who enter the of-
fice; an opportunity to take especial
care of the great number of the white
haired who come hinting sunshine to
warm old bones or to cure deep-seated
old-age diseases.
She must have made a pleasant
memory in the minds of many of the
10,000 who annually pass her window.
For she has discovered that all over
the United States have spread stories
of the efficiency of her oltice.
The war crystallized this reputa-
tion. Uncle Sam, through the railroad
administration, beckoned a lean finger
at Julia Chapman and said, "I need
you." A ticket sellers' school for
young women was established at At-
lanta. Miss Chapman trained the girls
to help win the war by selling rail-
road tickets—not Just any way, but
Julia Chapman's way.
Whatever success and recognition
have come, she feels, are based on tli»
fact that "I have made good in the
town I've lived in sine.! I was nino
years old. A young woman In a Flor-
ida town has great advantages sh«
could not find in a strange city. Here
she can grow and expand as the tow*
does."
Sympathetic.
Impecunious Poet—"I wa» visited by
burglars last night." Ditto Artist—
"What happened?" Poet — "They
searched the room and then gave m*
$2."—Boston Transcript.
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