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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... winged Bull and winged Lion- Construction of a Cart - Surprise of the Natives - Discovery of a Bas - relief - of a Drain - Lowering of the winged Bull - Its removal from the Ruins - Excite- ment of the Arabs - Rejoicings in the Village ...
... winged Bull and winged Lion- Construction of a Cart - Surprise of the Natives - Discovery of a Bas - relief - of a Drain - Lowering of the winged Bull - Its removal from the Ruins - Excite- ment of the Arabs - Rejoicings in the Village ...
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... - Sa- bæanism and Worship of the Heavenly Bodies - Identity of Assyrian and Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans - Religious Emblems in the Sculp- tures — The winged Figure in the Circle - Baal CONTENTS . 3.
... - Sa- bæanism and Worship of the Heavenly Bodies - Identity of Assyrian and Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans - Religious Emblems in the Sculp- tures — The winged Figure in the Circle - Baal CONTENTS . 3.
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... winged Figure in the Circle - Baal or Belus - Hera , Venus , or Astarte -Rhea - Nisroch or Eagle - headed God - The Gryphon - Winged Bulls and Lions - The Sphinx - Mythological Figures - Symbolic Figures of Ezekiel— Oannes or the Man ...
... winged Figure in the Circle - Baal or Belus - Hera , Venus , or Astarte -Rhea - Nisroch or Eagle - headed God - The Gryphon - Winged Bulls and Lions - The Sphinx - Mythological Figures - Symbolic Figures of Ezekiel— Oannes or the Man ...
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... . ) Page 169 Page 174 Page 214 A Temple , or Fishing Pavilion , supported by Proto - Ionic Columns , and standing in a River or artificial Lake . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 216 Head of winged Bull . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik .
... . ) Page 169 Page 174 Page 214 A Temple , or Fishing Pavilion , supported by Proto - Ionic Columns , and standing in a River or artificial Lake . ( Khorsabad . ) Page 216 Head of winged Bull . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik .
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... winged Bull . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) Head of winged Monster . ( Persepolis . ) Page 229 Fragment of a Lycian Monument in the British Museum . Page 229 Bas - relief from a Monument from Xanthus , in the British Museum . Page 230 ...
... winged Bull . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) Head of winged Monster . ( Persepolis . ) Page 229 Fragment of a Lycian Monument in the British Museum . Page 229 Bas - relief from a Monument from Xanthus , in the British Museum . Page 230 ...
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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