A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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6 - 10 találat összesen 36 találatból.
84. oldal
... raising the fallen half sufficiently to see the sculpture upon it . It was a winged giant about sixteen and a half feet high in low relief , carrying the fir - cone and square utensil ; in other respects similar to those already ...
... raising the fallen half sufficiently to see the sculpture upon it . It was a winged giant about sixteen and a half feet high in low relief , carrying the fir - cone and square utensil ; in other respects similar to those already ...
91. oldal
... raise them . About this time I received from Sir Stratford Canning , the vizirial letter authorising the continuation of the excavations and the removal of such objects as might be discovered . I was sleeping in the tent of Sheikh Abd ...
... raise them . About this time I received from Sir Stratford Canning , the vizirial letter authorising the continuation of the excavations and the removal of such objects as might be discovered . I was sleeping in the tent of Sheikh Abd ...
93. oldal
... raising it , a process of considerable difficulty from its great weight and size , I found beneath a few pieces of gold - leaf and some fragments of bone , which crumbled into dust as soon as exposed to the air . In a corner of the same ...
... raising it , a process of considerable difficulty from its great weight and size , I found beneath a few pieces of gold - leaf and some fragments of bone , which crumbled into dust as soon as exposed to the air . In a corner of the same ...
94. oldal
... raising with one hand a fan , and holding in the other the cover or stand of the cup from which the king was drinking or pouring a libation . Over the shoulder of this attendant was thrown an embroidered towel , resembling that still ...
... raising with one hand a fan , and holding in the other the cover or stand of the cup from which the king was drinking or pouring a libation . Over the shoulder of this attendant was thrown an embroidered towel , resembling that still ...
99. oldal
... raising the sacred cup , and attended by eunuchs . The details in these sculptures were similar in character to those already described . They furnished , however , many new and interesting groups ; such as the combats of winged figures ...
... raising the sacred cup , and attended by eunuchs . The details in these sculptures were similar in character to those already described . They furnished , however , many new and interesting groups ; such as the combats of winged figures ...
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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