A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ.C. Derby, 1855 - 360 oldal |
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iv. oldal
... inscriptions are still too uncertain to authorize the use of any actual names for the earlier kings mentioned in them . September , 1851 . INTRODUCTION . BEFORE submitting the following narrative of my labors iv PREFACE .
... inscriptions are still too uncertain to authorize the use of any actual names for the earlier kings mentioned in them . September , 1851 . INTRODUCTION . BEFORE submitting the following narrative of my labors iv PREFACE .
ix. oldal
... inscriptions , bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography ...
... inscriptions , bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography ...
x. oldal
... inscriptions , which had probably been discovered in digging the foundations ; and under the mosque con- taining the tomb , he was shown three very narrow and apparently ancient passages , one within the other , with several doors or ...
... inscriptions , which had probably been discovered in digging the foundations ; and under the mosque con- taining the tomb , he was shown three very narrow and apparently ancient passages , one within the other , with several doors or ...
xi. oldal
... inscriptions in the cuneiform character will be so frequently mentioned in the following pages , a few words on the nature of this very ancient mode of writing may not be unacceptable to the reader . The epithets of cunei- form ...
... inscriptions in the cuneiform character will be so frequently mentioned in the following pages , a few words on the nature of this very ancient mode of writing may not be unacceptable to the reader . The epithets of cunei- form ...
xii. oldal
... inscription contains the names of an Assyrian king , and his title of king of Assyria . It is not improbable that these letters were originally formed by mere lines , for ... inscriptions , and the hope that we X11 INTRODUCTION . CHAPTER.
... inscription contains the names of an Assyrian king , and his title of king of Assyria . It is not improbable that these letters were originally formed by mere lines , for ... inscriptions , and the hope that we X11 INTRODUCTION . CHAPTER.
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Abd-ur-rahman Abou-Salman Albanian Amadiyah ancient appeared Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Warriors Baghdad bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey Botta bricks British Museum brought building bulls cadi camels carried cawass Center Palace Chaldeans chamber CHAP chariot chief covered cuneiform cuneiform character Daoud Agha descending desert discovered discovery edifice encampment entered entrance eunuch Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments Hather head heap horsemen horses houses hytas inhabitants inscriptions irregular troops journey Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions massacre Mesopotamia monuments morning Mosul mound mountains N.W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh Ornament party pashaw Persian plain plunder probably Rassam reached remains Return to Mosul river rode rubbish ruins S. W. corner sacred scarcely sculptures Selamiyah Shammar sheikh side Sir Stratford slabs Sofuk stones Syria tents Tigris tions Tiyari tomb town trenches tribe ulema uncovered valley village walls wandered winged figures women workmen Xenophon Yezidis Zaweetha СНАР
Népszerű szakaszok
52. oldal - They could find no better type of intellect and knowledge than the head of the man ; of strength, than the body of the lion ; of rapidity of motion, than the wings of the bird. These winged human-headed lions were not idle creations, the offspring of mere fancy ; their meaning was written upon them.
54. oldal - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
54. oldal - Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness, and flocks lie down in the midst of her : all the beasts of the nations, both the cormorant and bittern, lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice sings in the windows ; and desolation is in the thresholds.
5. oldal - He has left the land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon' the senses than the ruin before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps upon which he is gazing.
xv. oldal - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
49. oldal - They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong to a winged lion or bull, similar to those of Khorsabad and Persepolis.
51. oldal - I ascertained by the end of March the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed lions, differing from those previously discovered in form, the human shape being continued to the waist and furnished with arms. In one hand each figure carried a goat or stag, and in the other, which hung down by the side, a branch with three flowers.
47. oldal - Bey," exclaimed one of them — " hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. "Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God...
5. oldal - Greek, have left no visible traces of their civilization, or of their arts : their influence has long since passed away. The more he conjectures, the more vague the results appear. The scene around is worthy of the ruin he is contemplating ; desolation meets desolation ; a feeling of awe succeeds to wonder ; for there is nothing to relieve the mind, to lead to hope, or to tell of what has gone by. These huge mounds of Assyria made a deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and...
52. oldal - Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.