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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... Palace , Nimroud . ) Frontispiece . Facing page 13 Page 19 Plan 4. Upper Chambers on the West Side of the Mound . ( Nimroud . ) Enemy asking Quarter of Assyrian Horsemen . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Part of a Bas - relief showing a ...
... Palace , Nimroud . ) Frontispiece . Facing page 13 Page 19 Plan 4. Upper Chambers on the West Side of the Mound . ( Nimroud . ) Enemy asking Quarter of Assyrian Horsemen . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Part of a Bas - relief showing a ...
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... Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 231 Page 232 Ornaments . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 228 Sacred Tree . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 233 Ear - ring . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Assyrian Ear - rings . ( Khorsabad . ) Hilt of a ...
... Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 231 Page 232 Ornaments . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 228 Sacred Tree . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 233 Ear - ring . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Assyrian Ear - rings . ( Khorsabad . ) Hilt of a ...
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... Palace , Page 274 Page 283 Bas - relief representing Warriors before a besieged City . A Battering - ram drawn up to the Walls , and Captives impaled . ( Centre Palace Nimroud . ) Warriors forcing Stones out of the lower Part of the ...
... Palace , Page 274 Page 283 Bas - relief representing Warriors before a besieged City . A Battering - ram drawn up to the Walls , and Captives impaled . ( Centre Palace Nimroud . ) Warriors forcing Stones out of the lower Part of the ...
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... Palace , Nimroud . ) Warriors carrying a Bird . ( Centre Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 351 Lion - headed Figure . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 354 The Fish God . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 351 An Altar , resembling that on the Sassanian ...
... Palace , Nimroud . ) Warriors carrying a Bird . ( Centre Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 351 Lion - headed Figure . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 354 The Fish God . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 351 An Altar , resembling that on the Sassanian ...
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... palace was naturally the most interesting portion of the ruins , and to it were principally directed my researches . I had satified myself beyond a doubt that it was the most ancient building yet explored in Assyria . Not having been ...
... palace was naturally the most interesting portion of the ruins , and to it were principally directed my researches . I had satified myself beyond a doubt that it was the most ancient building yet explored in Assyria . Not having been ...
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