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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... Egyptian Character -Bas - reliefs collected together - Description of the Sculptures - Further Dis- coveries in the Southwest Edifice - Crouching Sphinxes - Sculptures - A Descrip- tion of the Bas - reliefs - Small Figures in unbaked ...
... Egyptian Character -Bas - reliefs collected together - Description of the Sculptures - Further Dis- coveries in the Southwest Edifice - Crouching Sphinxes - Sculptures - A Descrip- tion of the Bas - reliefs - Small Figures in unbaked ...
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... Egyptian Goddess Ken ( from a Tablet in the British Museum ) ; and Assyrian Deity , the Astarte of the Assyrians and the Ken of the Egyptians ( from a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah , near Mosul ) . Forms of Pottery found in the Tombs above ...
... Egyptian Goddess Ken ( from a Tablet in the British Museum ) ; and Assyrian Deity , the Astarte of the Assyrians and the Ken of the Egyptians ( from a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah , near Mosul ) . Forms of Pottery found in the Tombs above ...
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... Egyptian sceptre or symbol of power . Between them is a cartouche , containing a name or words in hieroglyphics , and surmounted by a feather or plume , such as is found in monuments of the eighteenth , and subsequent dynasties of Egypt ...
... Egyptian sceptre or symbol of power . Between them is a cartouche , containing a name or words in hieroglyphics , and surmounted by a feather or plume , such as is found in monuments of the eighteenth , and subsequent dynasties of Egypt ...
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... Egyptian throne , the side decorated with scales alternately of blue and opaque green pastes , inlaid into the ivory ... Egyptian figures , they are unbearded ; but their drapery is not that of Egyptian females . " ( Trans . of the Royal ...
... Egyptian throne , the side decorated with scales alternately of blue and opaque green pastes , inlaid into the ivory ... Egyptian figures , they are unbearded ; but their drapery is not that of Egyptian females . " ( Trans . of the Royal ...
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... Egyptian in their charac- ter , being identical with similar remains found in the tombs of Egypt , and preserved in collections of antiquities from that country . With the beads was a cylinder , on which is repre- sented the king in his ...
... Egyptian in their charac- ter , being identical with similar remains found in the tombs of Egypt , and preserved in collections of antiquities from that country . With the beads was a cylinder , on which is repre- sented the king in his ...
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