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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... Trees 311 CHAPTER VII . Religion of the Assyrians - Distinction between earliest and latest Periods - Sa- bæanism and Worship of the Heavenly Bodies - Identity of Assyrian and Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans ...
... Trees 311 CHAPTER VII . Religion of the Assyrians - Distinction between earliest and latest Periods - Sa- bæanism and Worship of the Heavenly Bodies - Identity of Assyrian and Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans ...
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... Tree . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 233 Ear - ring . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Assyrian Ear - rings . ( Khorsabad . ) Hilt of a Sword . ( Khorsabad . ) End of a Sword Sheath . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 234 Handles of ...
... Tree . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 233 Ear - ring . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Assyrian Ear - rings . ( Khorsabad . ) Hilt of a Sword . ( Khorsabad . ) End of a Sword Sheath . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 234 Handles of ...
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... tree , - the figures resembling one another in every respect , or the usual inscription alone was carved upon the slabs . It will be perceived that a certain symmetry was , to some extent , observed in the plan of the building ...
... tree , - the figures resembling one another in every respect , or the usual inscription alone was carved upon the slabs . It will be perceived that a certain symmetry was , to some extent , observed in the plan of the building ...
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... tree ; religious emblems ; various animals and elaborate scroll work ; all furnishing not only beautiful designs , but important illustrations of the religion of the Assyrians . The entrance d to this chamber was formed by two gigantic ...
... tree ; religious emblems ; various animals and elaborate scroll work ; all furnishing not only beautiful designs , but important illustrations of the religion of the Assyrians . The entrance d to this chamber was formed by two gigantic ...
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... tree ; except on slab 6 , which had the king holding a bow in one hand , and two arrows in the other . The four sculptures in the chamber , or rather passage , P ( Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 ) , were remarkable for the beauty of the ...
... tree ; except on slab 6 , which had the king holding a bow in one hand , and two arrows in the other . The four sculptures in the chamber , or rather passage , P ( Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 ) , were remarkable for the beauty of the ...
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