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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... Slabs - Discoveries in the Centre of the Mound -- Tombs containing Vases and Ornaments - Their Egyptian Character -Bas - reliefs collected together - Description of the Sculptures - Further Dis- coveries in the Southwest Edifice ...
... Slabs - Discoveries in the Centre of the Mound -- Tombs containing Vases and Ornaments - Their Egyptian Character -Bas - reliefs collected together - Description of the Sculptures - Further Dis- coveries in the Southwest Edifice ...
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... Slab and Sarcophagus - Preparations for my Return to Constantinople— Leave Mosul • 94 PART II . CHAPTER I. Materials for the History of Assyria - Comparative Dates of Monuments - Assyrian Writing The Cuneiform - Its Varieties - Assyrian ...
... Slab and Sarcophagus - Preparations for my Return to Constantinople— Leave Mosul • 94 PART II . CHAPTER I. Materials for the History of Assyria - Comparative Dates of Monuments - Assyrian Writing The Cuneiform - Its Varieties - Assyrian ...
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... slabs . Although many new objects of sculpture of considerable interest and importance were found in them , still the principal part of the edifice seems to have been that to the north . Chambers B and G contained the most remarkable ...
... slabs . Although many new objects of sculpture of considerable interest and importance were found in them , still the principal part of the edifice seems to have been that to the north . Chambers B and G contained the most remarkable ...
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... slab , however , in chamber L , is occupied by only one figure , -a gigantic winged divinity , or priest , - and is not divided into two compartments , as in chamber I. But it is remarkable that on the slab No. 20 , there is a figure ...
... slab , however , in chamber L , is occupied by only one figure , -a gigantic winged divinity , or priest , - and is not divided into two compartments , as in chamber I. But it is remarkable that on the slab No. 20 , there is a figure ...
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... slabs forming the narrow passage a , leading from the chamber P , were two winged figures back to back . They were well designed and carefully executed . Beyond them , on slabs 2 , 3 , and 4 , of chamber S , was the king between two ...
... slabs forming the narrow passage a , leading from the chamber P , were two winged figures back to back . They were well designed and carefully executed . Beyond them , on slabs 2 , 3 , and 4 , of chamber S , was the king between two ...
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