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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... Tablet in the British Museum ) ; and Assyrian Deity , the Astarte of the Assyrians and the Ken of the Egyptians ( from a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah , near Mosul ) . Forms of Pottery found in the Tombs above the Ruins at Nimrod . A House ...
... Tablet in the British Museum ) ; and Assyrian Deity , the Astarte of the Assyrians and the Ken of the Egyptians ( from a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah , near Mosul ) . Forms of Pottery found in the Tombs above the Ruins at Nimrod . A House ...
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... tablets , one nearly en- tire , the other much injured . Upon them are represented two sitting figures , holding in ... tablet , as well as the cartouche and part of the figures , was originally gilded - remains of the gold leaf still ...
... tablets , one nearly en- tire , the other much injured . Upon them are represented two sitting figures , holding in ... tablet , as well as the cartouche and part of the figures , was originally gilded - remains of the gold leaf still ...
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... tablet with which . I became acquainted ; and to fix the style of art of each period . The figure , unlike the sculptures of Nimroud and Khorsa- bad , was in full , and not in relief ; and probably represented the king . Part of the ...
... tablet with which . I became acquainted ; and to fix the style of art of each period . The figure , unlike the sculptures of Nimroud and Khorsa- bad , was in full , and not in relief ; and probably represented the king . Part of the ...
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... tablets , similar to those previously dug out in chamber B. * On both sides they had the usual stand- * Vol . I. p . 111 . ard inscription , and they had evidently been placed where CHAP . XIII . ] 75 REMOVAL OF THE LION .
... tablets , similar to those previously dug out in chamber B. * On both sides they had the usual stand- * Vol . I. p . 111 . ard inscription , and they had evidently been placed where CHAP . XIII . ] 75 REMOVAL OF THE LION .
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... tablets , are now laid under the foundation - stones of edi- fices , to commemorate the period and object of their erection . We had As the lion was cracked in more than one place , consider- able care was required in lowering and ...
... tablets , are now laid under the foundation - stones of edi- fices , to commemorate the period and object of their erection . We had As the lion was cracked in more than one place , consider- able care was required in lowering and ...
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