A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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10. oldal
... banks of the river Tigris . It was true that M. Botta had labored un- successfully for above three months in the great mound opposite Mosul , which was usually identified with the Assyrian capital ; but that mound much exceeded in ...
... banks of the river Tigris . It was true that M. Botta had labored un- successfully for above three months in the great mound opposite Mosul , which was usually identified with the Assyrian capital ; but that mound much exceeded in ...
18. oldal
... bank of the Tigris , a few miles below its junction with the Zab . They uncovered this slab ; but being unable to move it , they cut upon it the name of their employer , the Pasha . My informant further stated that , in another part of ...
... bank of the Tigris , a few miles below its junction with the Zab . They uncovered this slab ; but being unable to move it , they cut upon it the name of their employer , the Pasha . My informant further stated that , in another part of ...
35. oldal
... banks of the Tigris . During my absence my agents had not been inactive . Several trenches had been opened in the great mound of Baa- sheikha ; and fragments of sculpture and inscriptions , with entire pottery and inscribed bricks , had ...
... banks of the Tigris . During my absence my agents had not been inactive . Several trenches had been opened in the great mound of Baa- sheikha ; and fragments of sculpture and inscriptions , with entire pottery and inscribed bricks , had ...
54. oldal
... banks of the river . The Jebours are a branch of the ancient tribe of Obeid , and their pasture grounds are on the banks of the Khabour , from its junction with the Euphrates , from the ancient Carchemish or Circesium , to its source at ...
... banks of the river . The Jebours are a branch of the ancient tribe of Obeid , and their pasture grounds are on the banks of the Khabour , from its junction with the Euphrates , from the ancient Carchemish or Circesium , to its source at ...
58. oldal
... bank of the Tigris , below its junc- tion with the Zab , and consequently not far from Nimroud . I had two objects in going to his tents ; in the first place I wished to obtain the friendship of the chief of a powerful tribe of Be ...
... bank of the Tigris , below its junc- tion with the Zab , and consequently not far from Nimroud . I had two objects in going to his tents ; in the first place I wished to obtain the friendship of the chief of a powerful tribe of Be ...
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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