A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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... Persian empire by Alexander the Great . It is to this circumstance that we mainly owe the pro gress which has been made in deciphering the Assyrian inscriptions , and the hope that we shall ultimately be X11 INTRODUCTION .
... Persian empire by Alexander the Great . It is to this circumstance that we mainly owe the pro gress which has been made in deciphering the Assyrian inscriptions , and the hope that we shall ultimately be X11 INTRODUCTION .
xiii. oldal
... Persian kings ruled over all the nations using this peculiar form of writing . These nations con- sisted of three principal races , the Babylonian ( including the Assyrian ) speaking a language allied to the Hebrew and Arabic , the Persian ...
... Persian kings ruled over all the nations using this peculiar form of writing . These nations con- sisted of three principal races , the Babylonian ( including the Assyrian ) speaking a language allied to the Hebrew and Arabic , the Persian ...
xiv. oldal
... Persian column with a translation , but the corresponding Babylonian or Assyrian column is still in his possession , and the scientific world is anxiously awaiting the pub- lication of an inscription which can afford the only trust ...
... Persian column with a translation , but the corresponding Babylonian or Assyrian column is still in his possession , and the scientific world is anxiously awaiting the pub- lication of an inscription which can afford the only trust ...
xxiii. oldal
... Persian Occupa- tion . In page 329 Castle of a Maritime People , probably the Tyrians . ( Kouyunjik . ) In page 330 An Archer . ( Kouyunjik . ) A Spearman . ( Kouyunjik . ) ( Kouyunjik . ) A Slinger . In page 332 ( Kouyunjik . ) In page ...
... Persian Occupa- tion . In page 329 Castle of a Maritime People , probably the Tyrians . ( Kouyunjik . ) In page 330 An Archer . ( Kouyunjik . ) A Spearman . ( Kouyunjik . ) ( Kouyunjik . ) A Slinger . In page 332 ( Kouyunjik . ) In page ...
7. oldal
... Persia , to draw and describe the monuments of that country . I found that M. Botta had , since my first visit , been named French consul at Mosul ; and had already commenced excava- tions on the opposite side of the river in the large ...
... Persia , to draw and describe the monuments of that country . I found that M. Botta had , since my first visit , been named French consul at Mosul ; and had already commenced excava- tions on the opposite side of the river in the large ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle cawass Chaldeans chamber chariot chief Christians cuneiform descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered district dress earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions 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 pashaw passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains represented resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe uncovered valley village walls warriors winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis