A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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xix. oldal
... Workmen . Customs of the Arabs . Facility of Divorce . Tiyari or Chaldeans . A Raft plundered . Sheikh . Departure of Sculptures for Busrah , Mode of Irrigation . Arab Women . The Seizure of an Arab 207 CHAPTER X. Death of Tahyar Pashaw ...
... Workmen . Customs of the Arabs . Facility of Divorce . Tiyari or Chaldeans . A Raft plundered . Sheikh . Departure of Sculptures for Busrah , Mode of Irrigation . Arab Women . The Seizure of an Arab 207 CHAPTER X. Death of Tahyar Pashaw ...
8. oldal
... workmen was carefully preserved , he asked the reason of this , to him , strange proceeding . On being informed that they were in search of sculptured stones , he advised them to try the mound on which his village was built , and in ...
... workmen was carefully preserved , he asked the reason of this , to him , strange proceeding . On being informed that they were in search of sculptured stones , he advised them to try the mound on which his village was built , and in ...
15. oldal
... workmen . He volunteered to walk , in the middle of the night , to Selamiyah , a village three miles distant , and to some Arab tents in the neighborhood , to procure men to assist in the excavations . The hovel in which we not invite ...
... workmen . He volunteered to walk , in the middle of the night , to Selamiyah , a village three miles distant , and to some Arab tents in the neighborhood , to procure men to assist in the excavations . The hovel in which we not invite ...
16. oldal
... which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the workmen to remove the rubbish trance . from the chamber , I led the rest to the 16 CHAP . II NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the workmen to remove the rubbish trance . from the chamber , I led the rest to the 16 CHAP . II NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
17. oldal
... workmen were increased by five Turco- mans from Selamiyah , who had been attracted by the prospect of regular wages . I employed half of them in emptying the chamber , and the rest in following the wall at the S. W. corner of the mound ...
... workmen were increased by five Turco- mans from Selamiyah , who had been attracted by the prospect of regular wages . I employed half of them in emptying the chamber , and the rest in following the wall at the S. W. corner of the mound ...
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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