A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinewehHarper & brothers, 1852 - 360 pagina's |
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Pagina 32
... lower part of several colossal figures , at the foot of the S. E. corner a crouching lion , rudely carved in black basalt , and in the center a pair of gigantic winged bulls , the head and half of the wings of which had been destroyed ...
... lower part of several colossal figures , at the foot of the S. E. corner a crouching lion , rudely carved in black basalt , and in the center a pair of gigantic winged bulls , the head and half of the wings of which had been destroyed ...
Pagina 37
... lower contained four figures , carrying supplies for a banquet , or spoil taken from the enemy . The object carried by the foremost figure could not be deter- mined ; the second bore either fruit or a loaf of bread ; the third a basket ...
... lower contained four figures , carrying supplies for a banquet , or spoil taken from the enemy . The object carried by the foremost figure could not be deter- mined ; the second bore either fruit or a loaf of bread ; the third a basket ...
Pagina 41
... lower parts of several colossal figures , some had been purposely defaced by a sharp instru- ment , others , from long exposure , had been worn almost smooth . * I shall in future designate this person , who is continually represented ...
... lower parts of several colossal figures , some had been purposely defaced by a sharp instru- ment , others , from long exposure , had been worn almost smooth . * I shall in future designate this person , who is continually represented ...
Pagina 43
... give of the two objects so generally seen in the Assyrian sculptures . rounded cap , ornamented at the lower part by a. Vessel or Basket carried by Winged Figures SACRED TREE . ( N. W Palace , Nim- DISCOVERY. CHAP . III . 43 WINGED FIGURE .
... give of the two objects so generally seen in the Assyrian sculptures . rounded cap , ornamented at the lower part by a. Vessel or Basket carried by Winged Figures SACRED TREE . ( N. W Palace , Nim- DISCOVERY. CHAP . III . 43 WINGED FIGURE .
Pagina 44
... lower , yet the outline was perhaps more careful , and true , than that of the sculptures of Khorsa- bad . The limbs were deline- ated with peculiar accuracy , and the muscles and bones faithfully , though somewhat too strongly , marked ...
... lower , yet the outline was perhaps more careful , and true , than that of the sculptures of Khorsa- bad . The limbs were deline- ated with peculiar accuracy , and the muscles and bones faithfully , though somewhat too strongly , marked ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey beneath British Museum brought building carried castle cawass Chaldeans chamber chariot chief Christians covered cuneiform descended desert discovered district dress earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party pashaw passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains represented resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe uncovered valley village walls warriors winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis
Populaire passages
Pagina 333 - The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
Pagina 51 - It was in admirable preservation. The expression was calm, yet majestic, and the outline of the features showed a freedom and knowledge of art scarcely to be looked for in the works of so remote a period.
Pagina 5 - He has left the land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon' the senses than the ruin before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps upon which he is gazing.
Pagina 258 - ... only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Pagina 56 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Pagina 49 - Bey," exclaimed one of them — " hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. "Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God...
Pagina 258 - Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Pagina 221 - ... day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Pagina 168 - On the walls of the room are pasted slips of paper, upon which are written, in distorted Hebrew characters, religious exhortations, and the dates and particulars of the visits of various Jewish families. The house containing the tomb is a modern building. There are no inscriptions, nor fragments of any antiquity about the place...
Pagina 51 - This is not the work of men's hands," exclaimed he, "but of those infidel giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said, that they were higher than the tallest date-tree ; this is one of the idols which Noah, peace be with him ! cursed before the flood.