A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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5. oldal
... bricks , pottery , and alabaster , upon which might be traced the well - defined wedges of the cuneiform character . Did not these remains mark the nature of the ruin , it might have been confounded with a natural eminence . A long line ...
... bricks , pottery , and alabaster , upon which might be traced the well - defined wedges of the cuneiform character . Did not these remains mark the nature of the ruin , it might have been confounded with a natural eminence . A long line ...
7. oldal
... brick and alabaster , upon which were engraved a few letters in the cuneiform character , had been discovered . Whilst detained by unexpected circumstances at Constan- tinople , I entered into correspondence with a gentleman in England ...
... brick and alabaster , upon which were engraved a few letters in the cuneiform character , had been discovered . Whilst detained by unexpected circumstances at Constan- tinople , I entered into correspondence with a gentleman in England ...
8. oldal
... brick and alabaster uncovered by the 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 ...
... brick and alabaster uncovered by the 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 ...
16. oldal
... bricks , both inscribed with the cuneiform cha- racter , were strewed on all sides . The Arabs watched my motions as I wandered to and fro , and observed with surprise the objects I had collected . They joined , however , in the search ...
... bricks , both inscribed with the cuneiform cha- racter , were strewed on all sides . The Arabs watched my motions as I wandered to and fro , and observed with surprise the objects I had collected . They joined , however , in the search ...
19. oldal
... bricks . I also dug at the back of the north side of the chamber first explored , in the expectation of coming upon other walls beyond , but un- successfully . As my chief aim was to ascertain the existence , as soon as possible , of ...
... bricks . I also dug at the back of the north side of the chamber first explored , in the expectation of coming upon other walls beyond , but un- successfully . As my chief aim was to ascertain the existence , as soon as possible , of ...
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