A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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85. oldal
... tree - beyond , the slabs ceased altogether ; but I soon found that they had only fallen from their places , and that although broken , the sculptures upon them representing battles , sieges , and other historical subjects , were , as ...
... tree - beyond , the slabs ceased altogether ; but I soon found that they had only fallen from their places , and that although broken , the sculptures upon them representing battles , sieges , and other historical subjects , were , as ...
88. oldal
... trees completed the back - ground . The upper compartment of the next slab represented the siege of a city , in which the king , followed by his shield - bearer and attendants , was seen discharging an arrow against the enemy . A ...
... trees completed the back - ground . The upper compartment of the next slab represented the siege of a city , in which the king , followed by his shield - bearer and attendants , was seen discharging an arrow against the enemy . A ...
92. oldal
... tree was discovered , which formed the eastern end of a great hall , 154 feet in length , and only 33 feet in breadth . These proportions , the length so far exceeding the width , are peculiar to Assyrian interior architecture , and may ...
... tree was discovered , which formed the eastern end of a great hall , 154 feet in length , and only 33 feet in breadth . These proportions , the length so far exceeding the width , are peculiar to Assyrian interior architecture , and may ...
93. oldal
... tree , com- pleted the eastern end of the hall . Part of both the winged figures adjoining the centre slab , as well as the lower part of that slab , which advanced beyond the sculpture , had been purposely destroyed , and still bore ...
... tree , com- pleted the eastern end of the hall . Part of both the winged figures adjoining the centre slab , as well as the lower part of that slab , which advanced beyond the sculpture , had been purposely destroyed , and still bore ...
94. oldal
... tree , except on the east side , where a king stood between the same mythic figures . Around the monarch's neck were suspended the five sacred emblems . They con- sist of the sun , a star , a half - moon , a bident , and a horned cap ...
... tree , except on the east side , where a king stood between the same mythic figures . Around the monarch's neck were suspended the five sacred emblems . They con- sist of the sun , a star , a half - moon , a bident , and a horned cap ...
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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