A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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xix. oldal
... Slabs . Discoveries in the Centre of the Mound . Tombs containing Vases and Ornaments . Sculptures . Further ... Slab and Sarcophagus . Preparations for my Return to Constantinople . Leave Mosul · 312 WOOD LIST OF WOODCUTS AND PLANS ...
... Slabs . Discoveries in the Centre of the Mound . Tombs containing Vases and Ornaments . Sculptures . Further ... Slab and Sarcophagus . Preparations for my Return to Constantinople . Leave Mosul · 312 WOOD LIST OF WOODCUTS AND PLANS ...
8. oldal
... slabs of gypsum . M. Botta , on receiving information of this discovery , went at once to the village , which was called Khorsabad . Directing a wider trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found ...
... slabs of gypsum . M. Botta , on receiving information of this discovery , went at once to the village , which was called Khorsabad . Directing a wider trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found ...
9. oldal
... slabs , reduced to lime , were rapidly falling to pieces on exposure to the air . No precaution could arrest this rapid decay ; and it was to be feared that this wonderful monument had only been uncovered to complete its ruin . The ...
... slabs , reduced to lime , were rapidly falling to pieces on exposure to the air . No precaution could arrest this rapid decay ; and it was to be feared that this wonderful monument had only been uncovered to complete its ruin . The ...
16. oldal
... slab . I ordered all the men to work around it , and they shortly uncovered a second slab . Con- tinuing in the same line ... slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the ...
... slab . I ordered all the men to work around it , and they shortly uncovered a second slab . Con- tinuing in the same line ... slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the ...
17. oldal
... slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their result . It was now ...
... slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their result . It was now ...
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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