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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... position of the chambers . The northwest 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 ...
... position of the chambers . The northwest 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 ...
Page 14
... position , that I had the greatest difficulty in extracting them , even in fragments . I spent hours lying on the ground , sepa- rating them , with a penknife , from the rubbish by which they were surrounded . Those who saw them when ...
... position , that I had the greatest difficulty in extracting them , even in fragments . I spent hours lying on the ground , sepa- rating them , with a penknife , from the rubbish by which they were surrounded . Those who saw them when ...
Page 18
... position behind the slab , it is evident that it must have been placed there at the time of the building of the edifice . Between the bulls and lions , forming the entrances in different parts of the palace , were invariably found a ...
... position behind the slab , it is evident that it must have been placed there at the time of the building of the edifice . Between the bulls and lions , forming the entrances in different parts of the palace , were invariably found a ...
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... positions against the walls of sun - dried brick ; and had been left as found preparatory to their removal elsewhere . That they were not thus arranged before being used in the building for which they had been orignally sculp * See Vol ...
... positions against the walls of sun - dried brick ; and had been left as found preparatory to their removal elsewhere . That they were not thus arranged before being used in the building for which they had been orignally sculp * See Vol ...
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... position , but subsequent to their removal . Although on each slab the two bas - reliefs were divided by an unsculptured space , as in the northwest palace , in few instances , as I have already mentioned , were inscriptions cut upon it ...
... position , but subsequent to their removal . Although on each slab the two bas - reliefs were divided by an unsculptured space , as in the northwest palace , in few instances , as I have already mentioned , were inscriptions cut upon it ...
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