text_original: It is owing to the material to which they were committed that we possess the principal works of Chaldaean hter  ature which have come down to us — poems, annals, hymns, magical incantations; how few fragments of these would ever have reached us had their authors con  fided them to parchment or paper, after the manner of the Eg}^tian scribes!
text_transcription: IT IS OWING TO THE MATERIAL TO WHICH THEY WERE COMMITTED THAT WE POSSESSED THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF CHALDEAN LITERATURE WHICH HAVE COME DOWN TO US POEMS ANNALS HYMNS MAGICAL INCANTATIONS HOW FEW FRAGMENTS OF THESE WOULD EVER HAVE REACHED US HAD THEIR AUTHORS CONFIDED THEM TO PARCHMENT OR PAPER AFTER THE MANNER OF THE EGYPTIAN SCRIBES
phonemes: ɪɾ ɪz ˈoʊɪŋ tə ðə mətˈɪɹiəl tʊ wˌɪtʃ ðeɪ wɜː kəmˈɪɾᵻd ðæt wiː pəzˈɛs ðə pɹˈɪnsɪpəl wˈɜːks ʌv tʃældˈiən ˈeɪtʃtˈɜːɹ ˈætʃɚ wˌɪtʃ hæv kˈʌm dˈaʊn tʊ ˌʌs — pˈoʊᵻmz, ˈænəlz, hˈɪmz, mˈædʒɪkəl ˌɪŋkɐntˈeɪʃənz; hˌaʊ fjˈuː fɹˈæɡmənts ʌv ðiːz wʊd ˈɛvɚ hæv ɹˈiːtʃt ˌʌs hæd ðɛɹ ˈɔːθɚz kˈɑːn fˈaɪdᵻd ðˌɛm tə pˈɑːɹtʃmənt ɔːɹ pˈeɪpɚ, ˈæftɚ ðə mˈænɚɹ ʌvðə fˌɔːɹɛɡzˈæmpəl}tjˈæn skɹˈaɪbz!