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A. H. Sayce Amanu Amiaud amongst the Babylonians ancient Arabic Assyrian Assyrian Grammar Assyro-Babylonians Babylonian writing Bonavia botanical Brun Brunnow calendar plant cedar tree Cedar wood Chaldæan Chaldæan civilisation Chaldæo-Babylonian character China Chinese Chinese derivate civilisers of China Class complex ideogram conceptions COSMIC TREE creators culture Dalima date-palm Eridu etymology folk-lore former paper gesh geshtin Gigu Gishimmaru Gudea hieratic Histoire de l'art ibid iconography ideographical inscriptions Jensen K'ang Keilschriftf Kishkanu knowledge Lagash Lenormant Lik-kep List Madalum Ménant Mithra Mythologie myths oldest form Origin of cultivated Origines de l'histoire palm palm-tree Patesi of Lagash Perrot et Chipiez pictorial pomegranate primitive Prof readings Rougé S.W. Asia sacred trees Sargon II Semitic SHANGA shown shows Sign-list sort of vine sorts of trees statue suggested Sumerian Sumero-Akkadian suprà symbol T. G. Pinches Tableau comparé Telloh Trans tree-of-life Urartu Vitis Amurensis wine world-tree zikaru Ztschrft
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