Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, Or Devil-worshippers; and an Inquiry Into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, Volume 2G. P. Putnam, 1851 |
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... Assyria - Comparative Dates of Monuments - Assyrian Writing The Cuneiform - Its Varieties - Assyrian Records - Writing Materials -Monumental Records - Bricks and Tiles - Progress in Deciphering - Assyrian Monuments of various Periods ...
... Assyria - Comparative Dates of Monuments - Assyrian Writing The Cuneiform - Its Varieties - Assyrian Records - Writing Materials -Monumental Records - Bricks and Tiles - Progress in Deciphering - Assyrian Monuments of various Periods ...
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... Assyrians - Distinction between earliest and latest Periods - Sa- bæanism and Worship of the Heavenly Bodies - Identity of Assyrian and Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans - Religious Emblems in the Sculp- tures — The ...
... Assyrians - Distinction between earliest and latest Periods - Sa- bæanism and Worship of the Heavenly Bodies - Identity of Assyrian and Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans - Religious Emblems in the Sculp- tures — The ...
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... Assyrian Ornament . ( Nimroud . ) Greek Honeysuckle Ornaments . Ornament on a Lath at Allahabad . Ornament . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 231 Page 232 Ornaments . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 228 Sacred Tree . ( N. W. Palace ...
... Assyrian Ornament . ( Nimroud . ) Greek Honeysuckle Ornaments . Ornament on a Lath at Allahabad . Ornament . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 231 Page 232 Ornaments . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 228 Sacred Tree . ( N. W. Palace ...
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... Assyrian Horsemen pursuing a Man , probably an Arab , on a Camel . ( Centre Ruins , Nimroud . ) Facing page 301 Chariot carried away by the Assyrians , amongst other Spoil , from a captured City . ( Khorsabad ) Page 303 Enemies of the ...
... Assyrian Horsemen pursuing a Man , probably an Arab , on a Camel . ( Centre Ruins , Nimroud . ) Facing page 301 Chariot carried away by the Assyrians , amongst other Spoil , from a captured City . ( Khorsabad ) Page 303 Enemies of the ...
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... Assyrian edifices are generally narrow , and their walls , or the slabs which cased them if fallen , must sooner or later be reached . At Kouyunjik , the accumulation of rubbish and earth was very considerable , and trenches were dug to ...
... Assyrian edifices are generally narrow , and their walls , or the slabs which cased them if fallen , must sooner or later be reached . At Kouyunjik , the accumulation of rubbish and earth was very considerable , and trenches were dug to ...
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