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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... represented at Khorsabad and Kouyunjik - Enemies of the Assyrians , distinguished by their Dress - Armenians and Parthians or Persians - Captives and Tribute from India -- The Arabs - The Jews - The Babylonians - The Phoenicians ...
... represented at Khorsabad and Kouyunjik - Enemies of the Assyrians , distinguished by their Dress - Armenians and Parthians or Persians - Captives and Tribute from India -- The Arabs - The Jews - The Babylonians - The Phoenicians ...
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... a friendly tribe , falsely represented to him as rebel- lious by his principal officers , who were anxious to have an opportunity of enriching themselves with the spoil . When he learnt the particulars of the affair , and that the.
... a friendly tribe , falsely represented to him as rebel- lious by his principal officers , who were anxious to have an opportunity of enriching themselves with the spoil . When he learnt the particulars of the affair , and that the.
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... represented the deeds of the king in war and in the chase , his triumphant return , and the celebration of religious ceremonies . The best artists had evidently been employed upon them ; and they excelled all those that had yet been ...
... represented the deeds of the king in war and in the chase , his triumphant return , and the celebration of religious ceremonies . The best artists had evidently been employed upon them ; and they excelled all those that had yet been ...
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... represented winged figures , either holding a mace , a fir - cone , or some religious emblem . On their dresses , however , were a variety of groups and designs - lion hunts , bull hunts , winged animals , and many groups of winged ...
... represented winged figures , either holding a mace , a fir - cone , or some religious emblem . On their dresses , however , were a variety of groups and designs - lion hunts , bull hunts , winged animals , and many groups of winged ...
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... represented followed by his eunuchs and attendant warriors . The figures were merely in outline , in black upon a blue ground , and I was unable to dis- tinguish any other color . In design they resembled the sculp- tures - exhibiting ...
... represented followed by his eunuchs and attendant warriors . The figures were merely in outline , in black upon a blue ground , and I was unable to dis- tinguish any other color . In design they resembled the sculp- tures - exhibiting ...
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according alabaster amongst ancient animals appears Arabs Armenia Asia Minor Assyrian empire Assyrian king Assyrian monuments Assyrian sculptures Babylon Babylonian Baghdad bas-reliefs Belus British Museum building carried castle Centre Palace Chaldæans chambers character chariots colors conjectured Ctesias cuneiform deity described Diodorus Diodorus Siculus discovered divinity dynasty earliest early edifices Egypt Egyptian emblems entrance eunuchs Euphrates evidently excavations feet fragments frequently gold Greek head helmets Herodotus horsemen horses inhabitants inscriptions ivory Kalah Sherghat Khorsabad Kouyunjik Major Rawlinson mentioned ments Mesopotamia monarch Mosul mound N. W. Palace nations Nimroud Nineveh Ninus northwest palace obelisk ornaments painted palace of Nimroud period Persian placed probably rafts remains represented resembling river round ruins sacred scarcely sculptures seen Semiramis shields side silver slabs spears stone sun-dried bricks syrian tablet temple tents Tigris tion tomb traces trees trenches ture vases walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures Xenophon