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
... Inhabitants led away Captive . ( Kouyunjik . ) Facing page 285 Manacles for the Feet . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) Manacles for the Hands . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) A pair of Scales for weighing the Spoil . ( Khorsabad . ) Page ...
... Inhabitants led away Captive . ( Kouyunjik . ) Facing page 285 Manacles for the Feet . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) Manacles for the Hands . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) A pair of Scales for weighing the Spoil . ( Khorsabad . ) Page ...
Page 24
... inhabitants of the cities being assisted by auxiliaries , or allies from the neighboring desert . The conquered race , as in the bas - reliefs of the northwest pal- ace , were generally without helmets or armor , their hair falling ...
... inhabitants of the cities being assisted by auxiliaries , or allies from the neighboring desert . The conquered race , as in the bas - reliefs of the northwest pal- ace , were generally without helmets or armor , their hair falling ...
Page 53
... inhabitants of the city ; and may have been buried , like the surrounding buildings , long before the erection of the upper edifices , and even before the time of the tombs . The principal ruin at Kalah Sherghat , as at Nimroud , They ...
... inhabitants of the city ; and may have been buried , like the surrounding buildings , long before the erection of the upper edifices , and even before the time of the tombs . The principal ruin at Kalah Sherghat , as at Nimroud , They ...
Page 59
... inhabitants of the country , as to the rains which fell during the winter and early spring . The Tigris and Euphrates , unlike the Nile , did not overflow their banks , and deposit a rich manure on the face of the land . They rose ...
... inhabitants of the country , as to the rains which fell during the winter and early spring . The Tigris and Euphrates , unlike the Nile , did not overflow their banks , and deposit a rich manure on the face of the land . They rose ...
Page 60
... inhabitants of the villages , who had been in- duced to return by the improved administration and concilia- tory measures of the late Pasha , had put their whole stock of wheat and barley into the ground . They now looked in de- spair ...
... inhabitants of the villages , who had been in- duced to return by the improved administration and concilia- tory measures of the late Pasha , had put their whole stock of wheat and barley into the ground . They now looked in de- spair ...
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