A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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xii. oldal
... origin , —the cunei- form runs always from left to right , the cursive from right to left . The cuneiform under various modifications , the letters being differently formed in different countries , prevailed over the greater part of ...
... origin , —the cunei- form runs always from left to right , the cursive from right to left . The cuneiform under various modifications , the letters being differently formed in different countries , prevailed over the greater part of ...
xiii. oldal
... origin of what are called the trilingual inscriptions of Persia , which afford the principal clue to the Assyrian writing . The tablets containing these inscriptions are divided into three columns , each column being occupied by a ...
... origin of what are called the trilingual inscriptions of Persia , which afford the principal clue to the Assyrian writing . The tablets containing these inscriptions are divided into three columns , each column being occupied by a ...
xviii. oldal
... Origin of their Rites . Their Orders of Priesthood . Their Language and Books . Return to Mosul . Departure for the Sinjar . Abou Maria . Tel Afer . Mirkan . Escape of the Yezidis . The Village of Sinjar . Wild Asses - 171 CHAP . IX ...
... Origin of their Rites . Their Orders of Priesthood . Their Language and Books . Return to Mosul . Departure for the Sinjar . Abou Maria . Tel Afer . Mirkan . Escape of the Yezidis . The Village of Sinjar . Wild Asses - 171 CHAP . IX ...
4. oldal
... origin of the city , and , by attributing its foundation to Nimrod , whose name the ruins now bear , connect it with one of the first settlements of the human race . * Kalah Sherghat , like Nimroud , was an Assyrian ruin a vast ...
... origin of the city , and , by attributing its foundation to Nimrod , whose name the ruins now bear , connect it with one of the first settlements of the human race . * Kalah Sherghat , like Nimroud , was an Assyrian ruin a vast ...
8. oldal
... origin to the following circum- stances . The small party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik , when a peasant from a distant village chanced to visit the spot . Seeing that every fragment of brick and alabaster uncovered by ...
... origin to the following circum- stances . The small party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik , when a peasant from a distant village chanced to visit the spot . Seeing that every fragment of brick and alabaster uncovered by ...
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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