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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... Hands . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) A pair of Scales for weighing the Spoil . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 261 Page 284 A Boat carrying a Chariot , and Men floating on inflated Skins . Page 284 A Ship . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 293 Ship ...
... Hands . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) A pair of Scales for weighing the Spoil . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 261 Page 284 A Boat carrying a Chariot , and Men floating on inflated Skins . Page 284 A Ship . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 293 Ship ...
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... hand , and raising the other as if in some act of adora- tion . Around her neck are suspended , in the form of a double necklace , the star - shaped ornaments already described . * In this chamber also occur niches similarly placed to ...
... hand , and raising the other as if in some act of adora- tion . Around her neck are suspended , in the form of a double necklace , the star - shaped ornaments already described . * In this chamber also occur niches similarly placed to ...
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... hand , and two arrows in the other . The four sculptures in the chamber , or rather passage , P ( Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 ) , were remarkable for the beauty of the ornaments and details , and their careful finish . They all represented ...
... hand , and two arrows in the other . The four sculptures in the chamber , or rather passage , P ( Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 ) , were remarkable for the beauty of the ornaments and details , and their careful finish . They all represented ...
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... hand an ear of corn , and in the other an ibex , or mountain goat . The chamber V is remarkable for the discovery , near the entrance a , of a number of ivory ornaments of considerable beauty and interest . These ivories , when ...
... hand an ear of corn , and in the other an ibex , or mountain goat . The chamber V is remarkable for the discovery , near the entrance a , of a number of ivory ornaments of considerable beauty and interest . These ivories , when ...
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... hand the 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 ...
... hand the 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 ...
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