A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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21. oldal
... finished my arrangements in Mosul , I returned to Nimroud on the 19th . During my absence , my Cawass had carried the excavations along the back of a wall , in the S.W. corner of the mound * , and had discovered an entrance or door- way ...
... finished my arrangements in Mosul , I returned to Nimroud on the 19th . During my absence , my Cawass had carried the excavations along the back of a wall , in the S.W. corner of the mound * , and had discovered an entrance or door- way ...
23. oldal
... finish other dwelling - places which he had commenced , estab- lished myself for the winter . The premises , which were speedily completed , consisted of four hovels , surrounded by a mud wall , and roofed with reeds and boughs of trees ...
... finish other dwelling - places which he had commenced , estab- lished myself for the winter . The premises , which were speedily completed , consisted of four hovels , surrounded by a mud wall , and roofed with reeds and boughs of trees ...
54. oldal
... finish , to those previously discovered . -- During the month of March I received visits from the prin- cipal Sheikhs of the Jebour Arabs , whose followers had now partly crossed the Tigris , and were pasturing their flocks in the ...
... finish , to those previously discovered . -- During the month of March I received visits from the prin- cipal Sheikhs of the Jebour Arabs , whose followers had now partly crossed the Tigris , and were pasturing their flocks in the ...
66. oldal
... finished , we con- versed upon general topics . Coffee , highly drugged with odoriferous herbs found in the desert , and with spices , a mixture for which Sofuk was celebrated , was handed round before we retired to our own tents ...
... finished , we con- versed upon general topics . Coffee , highly drugged with odoriferous herbs found in the desert , and with spices , a mixture for which Sofuk was celebrated , was handed round before we retired to our own tents ...
94. oldal
... finish of its sculptures . I uncovered the northern wall , and the eastern as far as a second entrance . § The northern end of the chamber was occupied by one group , the principal figure in which was that of the king , seated on a ...
... finish of its sculptures . I uncovered the northern wall , and the eastern as far as a second entrance . § The northern end of the chamber was occupied by one group , the principal figure in which was that of the king , seated on a ...
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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 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 represented 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