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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Page 16
... called namms , also inlaid with blue , and draped in linen garments , enveloping the whole of the form , with a border of inlaid blue ovals . The seats on which they sit are the usual Egyptian throne , the side decorated with scales ...
... called namms , also inlaid with blue , and draped in linen garments , enveloping the whole of the form , with a border of inlaid blue ovals . The seats on which they sit are the usual Egyptian throne , the side decorated with scales ...
Page 27
... called all the space in . * The remains of a small double sphinx of this kind had already been found in the rubbish at entrance a . See Vol . I. page 284 . closed by the walls d , e , m , CHAP . XI . ] 27 SOUTHWEST PALACE .
... called all the space in . * The remains of a small double sphinx of this kind had already been found in the rubbish at entrance a . See Vol . I. page 284 . closed by the walls d , e , m , CHAP . XI . ] 27 SOUTHWEST PALACE .
Page 42
... called by the Arabs from the peculiar form of the rocks near the river . In the desert , the vicinity of an encampment is generally marked by some sign well known to the members of the tribe . It would otherwise be very difficult to ...
... called by the Arabs from the peculiar form of the rocks near the river . In the desert , the vicinity of an encampment is generally marked by some sign well known to the members of the tribe . It would otherwise be very difficult to ...
Page 43
... called by the Arabs . They cover a considerable extent of ground ; the bitumen bubbling up in springs from crevices in the earth . The Jebour , and other tribes encamping near the pits , carry the bitumen for sale to Mosul , and other ...
... called by the Arabs . They cover a considerable extent of ground ; the bitumen bubbling up in springs from crevices in the earth . The Jebour , and other tribes encamping near the pits , carry the bitumen for sale to Mosul , and other ...
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... called , being led fron the blocks above the second bull , and held by the Arabs . The cable having been first passed through the trench , and then round the sculpture , the ends were given to two bodies of men . Several of the ...
... called , being led fron the blocks above the second bull , and held by the Arabs . The cable having been first passed through the trench , and then round the sculpture , the ends were given to two bodies of men . Several of the ...
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