A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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xiii. oldal
... conquered kings and rebels , afford the best materials for decyphering the Assyrian character , proper names being the real clue to the value of letters . The inscriptions of Behistun are upon the face of a INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... conquered kings and rebels , afford the best materials for decyphering the Assyrian character , proper names being the real clue to the value of letters . The inscriptions of Behistun are upon the face of a INTRODUCTION . xiii.
xiv. oldal
Austen Henry Layard. The inscriptions of Behistun are upon the face of a lofty precipice , so difficult of access , that Colonel Rawlinson has alone succeeded in copying them . He has printed the Persian column with a translation , but ...
Austen Henry Layard. The inscriptions of Behistun are upon the face of a lofty precipice , so difficult of access , that Colonel Rawlinson has alone succeeded in copying them . He has printed the Persian column with a translation , but ...
6. oldal
... face of the river was caused by a great dam which had been built by Nimrod * , and that in the autumn , before the winter rains , the huge stones of which it was constructed , squared , and united by cramps of iron , were frequently ...
... face of the river was caused by a great dam which had been built by Nimrod * , and that in the autumn , before the winter rains , the huge stones of which it was constructed , squared , and united by cramps of iron , were frequently ...
16. oldal
... face of one of the stones , and an inscription in the cuneiform character was soon exposed to view . Similar inscriptions occupied the centre of all the slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the ...
... face of one of the stones , and an inscription in the cuneiform character was soon exposed to view . Similar inscriptions occupied the centre of all the slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the ...
22. oldal
... face or the back of the slabs had been uncovered ; for the general plan of the edifice could not be determined until the heap of rubbish and earth under which it was buried had been removed . The excavations were now carried on but ...
... face or the back of the slabs had been uncovered ; for the general plan of the edifice could not be determined until the heap of rubbish and earth under which it was buried had been removed . The excavations were now carried on but ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery distance earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Pasha plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis