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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... Warriors - Their Armor- Their Costume - Spearmen - Archers - Helmets Arms - Slingers - Shields- Regular Troops - Chariots - Harness and Caparison of the Horses - Cavalry- Horses 248 CHAPTER V. Military System of the Assyrians ...
... Warriors - Their Armor- Their Costume - Spearmen - Archers - Helmets Arms - Slingers - Shields- Regular Troops - Chariots - Harness and Caparison of the Horses - Cavalry- Horses 248 CHAPTER V. Military System of the Assyrians ...
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... Warrior cutting a Bucket Rope . Page 29 from the Page 32 Plan 5. Excavations in the South - east Corner of the Mound . ( Nimroud . ) Page 37 Sitting Figure in Basalt , from Kalah Sherghat . Warriors hunting the Lion . ( N. W. Palace ...
... Warrior cutting a Bucket Rope . Page 29 from the Page 32 Plan 5. Excavations in the South - east Corner of the Mound . ( Nimroud . ) Page 37 Sitting Figure in Basalt , from Kalah Sherghat . Warriors hunting the Lion . ( N. W. Palace ...
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... Warrior with Spear and Shield . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 261 Warriors forming a Phalanx before the Walls of a besieged City . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 268 Assyrian Warriors in a Chariot . ( S. W. Ruins , Nimroud ; but originally brought from ...
... Warrior with Spear and Shield . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 261 Warriors forming a Phalanx before the Walls of a besieged City . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 268 Assyrian Warriors in a Chariot . ( S. W. Ruins , Nimroud ; but originally brought from ...
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... Warriors . Nimroud . ) Facing page 276 ( N. W. Palace , Page 274 Page 283 Bas - relief representing Warriors before a besieged City . A Battering - ram drawn up to the Walls , and Captives impaled . ( Centre Palace Nimroud . ) Warriors ...
... Warriors . Nimroud . ) Facing page 276 ( N. W. Palace , Page 274 Page 283 Bas - relief representing Warriors before a besieged City . A Battering - ram drawn up to the Walls , and Captives impaled . ( Centre Palace Nimroud . ) Warriors ...
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... Warriors carrying a Bird . ( Centre Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 351 Lion - headed Figure . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 354 The Fish God . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 351 An Altar , resembling that on the Sassanian Coins . Khorsabad ...
... Warriors carrying a Bird . ( Centre Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 351 Lion - headed Figure . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 354 The Fish God . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 351 An Altar , resembling that on the Sassanian Coins . Khorsabad ...
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