A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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20. oldal
... sent them to Nimroud . At the same time I engaged agents to explore several mounds in the neighborhood of the town , hoping to ascertain the existence of sculptured buildings in some part of the country , before steps were taken to ...
... sent them to Nimroud . At the same time I engaged agents to explore several mounds in the neighborhood of the town , hoping to ascertain the existence of sculptured buildings in some part of the country , before steps were taken to ...
31. oldal
... sent with me to Nimroud , as I wished to draw the sculptures and copy the inscriptions which had already been uncovered . To this he consented , and ordered an officer to accompany me . On my return to Selamiyah there was little ...
... sent with me to Nimroud , as I wished to draw the sculptures and copy the inscriptions which had already been uncovered . To this he consented , and ordered an officer to accompany me . On my return to Selamiyah there was little ...
50. oldal
... sent for them , and dances were kept up during the greater part of the night . On the following morning Arabs from the other side of the Tigris , and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages , congregated on the mound . Even the ...
... sent for them , and dances were kept up during the greater part of the night . On the following morning Arabs from the other side of the Tigris , and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages , congregated on the mound . Even the ...
55. oldal
... sent here to graze . Day by day they arrived in long lines . The Shemutti and Jehesh left their huts , and encamped on the greensward which surrounded the villages . The plain , as far as the eye could reach , was studded with the white ...
... sent here to graze . Day by day they arrived in long lines . The Shemutti and Jehesh left their huts , and encamped on the greensward which surrounded the villages . The plain , as far as the eye could reach , was studded with the white ...
57. oldal
... sent a party of workmen to the spot ; who , finding the slab , broke it into pieces , in their attempt to displace it . This wanton destruction of the tablet is much to be regretted ; as , from the fragment of the inscription copied , I ...
... sent a party of workmen to the spot ; who , finding the slab , broke it into pieces , in their attempt to displace it . This wanton destruction of the tablet is much to be regretted ; as , from the fragment of the inscription copied , I ...
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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