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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... Figures in unbaked Clay - A Beam of Wood- Discovery of more Tombs in the Southeast corner - of Chambers beneath them ... Figure — Arab Encampment — Arab Life -Excavations in the Mound - Discovery of Tombs - Remains of Building ...
... Figures in unbaked Clay - A Beam of Wood- Discovery of more Tombs in the Southeast corner - of Chambers beneath them ... Figure — Arab Encampment — Arab Life -Excavations in the Mound - Discovery of Tombs - Remains of Building ...
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... Figure in the Circle - Baal or Belus - Hera , Venus , or Astarte -Rhea - Nisroch or Eagle - headed God - The Gryphon - Winged Bulls and Lions - The Sphinx - Mythological Figures - Symbolic Figures of Ezekiel— Oannes or the Man - fish ...
... Figure in the Circle - Baal or Belus - Hera , Venus , or Astarte -Rhea - Nisroch or Eagle - headed God - The Gryphon - Winged Bulls and Lions - The Sphinx - Mythological Figures - Symbolic Figures of Ezekiel— Oannes or the Man - fish ...
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... Figure in Basalt , from Kalah Sherghat . Warriors hunting the Lion . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Plan of excavated ... Figures , and Cartouche with Hieroglyphics , on an Ivory Panel from the N. W. Palace , Nimroud . Facing page 166 The ...
... Figure in Basalt , from Kalah Sherghat . Warriors hunting the Lion . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Plan of excavated ... Figures , and Cartouche with Hieroglyphics , on an Ivory Panel from the N. W. Palace , Nimroud . Facing page 166 The ...
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... figures . The walls of the other chambers were either occupied . by a series of winged figures , separated by the sacred tree , - the figures resembling one another in every respect , or the usual inscription alone was carved upon the ...
... figures . The walls of the other chambers were either occupied . by a series of winged figures , separated by the sacred tree , - the figures resembling one another in every respect , or the usual inscription alone was carved upon the ...
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... figure , -a gigantic winged divinity , or priest , - and is not divided into two compartments , as in chamber I. But it is remarkable that on the slab No. 20 , there is a figure differing from all the rest , and corresponding with the ...
... figure , -a gigantic winged divinity , or priest , - and is not divided into two compartments , as in chamber I. But it is remarkable that on the slab No. 20 , there is a figure differing from all the rest , and corresponding with the ...
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