A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh, 82. kiadásJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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18. oldal
... sides , and had been placed upon a layer of bitumen , which , having been used in a liquid state , had retained a perfect impression in relief of the characters carved upon the stone . The inscriptions on the upright slabs were about ...
... sides , and had been placed upon a layer of bitumen , which , having been used in a liquid state , had retained a perfect impression in relief of the characters carved upon the stone . The inscriptions on the upright slabs were about ...
19. oldal
... 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 sculptures , all my workmen were moved to the ...
... 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 sculptures , all my workmen were moved to the ...
25. oldal
... side of the chamber , to which , it appeared probable , we had found the entrance . After removing a large ... sides of the slabs . The south face was unsculptured , make up his number . They must provide their own arms and horses , al ...
... side of the chamber , to which , it appeared probable , we had found the entrance . After removing a large ... sides of the slabs . The south face was unsculptured , make up his number . They must provide their own arms and horses , al ...
36. oldal
... sides were covered with verdure . From the summit of the pyramid my eye ranged , on one side , over a broad plain enclosed by the Tigris and the Zab ; on the other , over a low undulating country bounded by the snow - capped mountains ...
... sides were covered with verdure . From the summit of the pyramid my eye ranged , on one side , over a broad plain enclosed by the Tigris and the Zab ; on the other , over a low undulating country bounded by the snow - capped mountains ...
37. oldal
... side the usual inscription , and had been so much injured by fire that it could not be moved . My labors had scarcely been resumed when I received in- formation that the Cadi of Mosul was endeavoring to stir up the people against me ...
... side the usual inscription , and had been so much injured by fire that it could not be moved . My labors had scarcely been resumed when I received in- formation that the Cadi of Mosul was endeavoring to stir up the people against me ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appeared Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey Bedouins British Museum brought building carried Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery district earth edifice encampment entrance eunuch Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses 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 passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst wild winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis
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325. oldal - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
331. oldal - The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
255. oldal - Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
309. oldal - Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
96. oldal - When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them ; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
xiv. 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!
256. oldal - When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
216. oldal - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 25 Am I now come up without; the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
48. oldal - ... 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;" and both joining in this pious exclamation, they galloped off, without further words, in the direction of their tents.
21. oldal - Written in an easy unaifected style : and the sketches which it gives of European life and manners under an eastern sun must interest all who have friends in India, and who would like to know how they pass their days."— The Theuligian.