Selected Writings of
E. A. Wallis Budge*

* This material is presented solely for non-commercial educational/research purposes.

Maps of Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia, Mespotamia, and neighboring lands are available on our Maps page. Chronologies are available on the Chronological Tables page.

Bar Hebraeus' Chronography, translated from Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge (London, 1932) is available on another page of this site and may be downloaded there. Bar Hebraeus (also Gregory Abu'l Faraj) was a prominent Syrian Orthodox cleric of the 13th century and author of works on numerous subjects. His Chronography, based on sources extant and lost, is a treasure for historians and anthropologists among others. Beginning with the Creation, it extends to the author's death in 1286 and was continued an additional ten years by his brother. An invaluable source by a reliable and erudite individual.

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The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh (London, 1920), 68 pdf pages. File size: 5 MB.
Two related works by Budge are available online in HTML format at sacred-texts:

The Babylonian Legends of Creation (London, 1921).
The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish, (London, 1929).

Babylonian Life and History (London, 1884), 199 pdf pages. File size: 3.4 MB.

Bronze Reliefs from the Gates of Shalmaneser, King of Assyria B.C. 860-825, (London, 1915), L. W. King, editor. 364 pdf pages. File size: 22.9 MB.

Available online in HTML format at the University of Chicago library: Annals of the Kings of Assyria (London, 1902), by E. A. Wallis Budge and L. W. King.

The History of Esahaddon, Son of Sennacherib, King of Assyria, B.C. 681-668 (London, 1880). 193 pdf pages. File size: 3.4 MB.

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon [B.C. 604-562], a paper read by Budge, no date. 55 pdf pages. File size: 1.1 MB.

The Rise and Progress of Assyriology (London, 1925). Numerous plates and illustrations in 374 pdf pages. File size: 70.8 MB.

A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum (London, 1900). 298 pdf pages. File size: 15.6 MB.


The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistun in Persia (London, 1907). Persian, Susian, and Babylonian texts of the inscription, with English translations. Numerous plates and illustrations. 350 searchable pdf pages. File size: 11.6 MB.


By Nile and Tigris, a Narative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on Behalf of the British Museum between the Years 1886-1913 (London, 1920), in two volumes: volume 1, 545 pdf pages. File size: 20 MB; volume 2, 562 pdf pages. File size: 14.7 MB.

Book of Governors by Thomas of Marga A. D. 840: volume 1, Introduction and Syriac Text (London, 1893), 626 pdf pages. File size: 24.6 MB; volume 2, English translation (London, 1893), 746 pdf pages. File size: 33.2 MB.

The Histories of Rabban Hormizd the Persian and Rabban Bar-Idta (London, 1902). Volume 2 part 1, English translations in 369 pdf pages. File size: 4.8 MB.

The Monks of Kubilai Khan (London, 1928). 96 pdf pages. File size: 1.5 MB.

Syrian Anatomy or The Book of Medicines, Syrian Anatomy, Pathology, and Therapeutics (London, 1913). Volume 2 English translation. 841 pdf pages. File size: 20.2 MB.

The Divine Origin of the Craft of the Herbalist, by E. A. Wallis Budge (London, 1928). Topics include: The old gods as herbalists and their divine medicines; the divine herbalists; water a divine element; vegetable substances of divine origin; ancient Egyptian herbals and books of medicine; holy oils and medicated unguents; Sumerian and Assyrian herbals; the Greek herbals; the Latin herbals; the herbal in Syriac; the herbal in Arabic; Coptic lists of plants; the Ethiopian (Abyssinian) herbal. 106 pdf pages. File size: 6.5 MB.

The History of Alexander the Great, being the Syriac version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes. Syriac text, English translation, and notes (London, 1889), 701 pdf pages. File size: 15.2 MB.

The Laughable Stories Collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus, Maphrian of the East from A.D, 1264 to 1286. The Syriac text edited with an English translation by E. A. W. Budge, (London, 1897). 408 pdf pages. File size: 16.7 MB.

The following books are available online in HTML format at sacred-texts:

The Laughable Stories of Bar-Hebraeus (English).

The Book of the Bee, (Oxford, 1886).

The Book of the Cave of Treasures, translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge (London, 1927).

Some Egyptica, Coptica, and materials on Nubia

Egypt and Her Asiatic Empire (New York, 1902), covers the 18th dynasty (c. 1550-c. 1292 B.C.) and Egypt's relations with Mesopotamians, Hittites and Hurrians. 271 pdf pages. File size: 4.9 MB.

Egypt under the Saites, Persians, and Ptolemies (London, 1902). Volume XV of the series Books on Egypt and Chaldaea. 276 pdf pages. File size: 8.5 MB.

Kebra Negast [The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek] (London, 1932). 411 pdf pages. File size: 9.3 MB.

Available online in HTML format The Kebra Nagast, translated by E. A. Wallis Budge at sacred-texts.
The Martyrdom and Miracles of Saint George of Cappadocia (London, 1888). Coptic texts and English translation. 384 pdf pages. File size: 15.8 MB.

The Book of Paradise, being the histories and sayings of the monks and ascetics of the Egyptian desert. Volume 1, English translation of Syriac originals (London, 1904). 1006 pdf pages. File size: 26.9 MB.

The Life And Exploits Of Alexander The Great, being a series of translations of the Ethiopic Histories of Alexander by the Pseudo-Callisthenes (London, 1896). 696 pages. File size: 16.4 MB.

Legends of Our Lady Mary the Perpetual Virgin and Her Mother Hanna, translated from Ethiopic manuscripts now at the British Museum (London, 1922). 470 pdf pages. File size: 7.7 MB.

The Egyptian Sudan, Its History and Monuments: volume 1 (London, 1907), 770 pdf pages, numerous illustrations and plates. File size: 23.8 MB; volume 2 (London, 1907), 721 pdf pages. File size: 22.6 MB.



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