Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldĉan 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 7
... conjectured to belong to a City on the Syrian Coast dur- ing the Persian Occupation . Page 284 Castle of a maritime People , probably the Tyrians . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 284 A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 297 Flying Warrior discharging ...
... conjectured to belong to a City on the Syrian Coast dur- ing the Persian Occupation . Page 284 Castle of a maritime People , probably the Tyrians . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 284 A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 297 Flying Warrior discharging ...
Page 19
... conjecture as to their use . The rooms had been twice painted - two distinct coats of plaster being visible on the walls . The outer coating , when carefully detached , left the under ; on which were painted ornaments differing from ...
... conjecture as to their use . The rooms had been twice painted - two distinct coats of plaster being visible on the walls . The outer coating , when carefully detached , left the under ; on which were painted ornaments differing from ...
Page 26
... conjectured , of the southwest palace . The slabs , not having been required , were left exposed , until they were reburied by a gradual accu- mulation of dust and rubbish . I could still trace the walls of unbaked bricks , forming the ...
... conjectured , of the southwest palace . The slabs , not having been required , were left exposed , until they were reburied by a gradual accu- mulation of dust and rubbish . I could still trace the walls of unbaked bricks , forming the ...
Page 87
... conjecture that being originally cased with stone or colored baked bricks , it may have been raised over the tomb of some monarch ; or may have served as an ornament , marking the site of the city from afar ; or that it was intended as ...
... conjecture that being originally cased with stone or colored baked bricks , it may have been raised over the tomb of some monarch ; or may have served as an ornament , marking the site of the city from afar ; or that it was intended as ...
Page 100
... conjectured , from a hasty examination of a few fragments of sculpture and inscription picked up on the mound , that the building , which once stood there , must be referred to the time of the Khorsabad king , or of his immediate ...
... conjectured , from a hasty examination of a few fragments of sculpture and inscription picked up on the mound , that the building , which once stood there , must be referred to the time of the Khorsabad king , or of his immediate ...
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