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... Bull and Lion . The Cart . Lowering the winged Bull . Its Removal from the Ruins . Excitement of the Arabs . Re- moval of the Lion . Rafts for the Transport of the Sculptures to Busrah . Embarcation of the Lion and Bull . General ...
... Bull and Lion . The Cart . Lowering the winged Bull . Its Removal from the Ruins . Excitement of the Arabs . Re- moval of the Lion . Rafts for the Transport of the Sculptures to Busrah . Embarcation of the Lion and Bull . General ...
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... Bull . South - west Ruin , Nimroud . Group from a Bas - relief discovered in the S. W. Palace . North - west Palace , Nimroud . Winged Figure . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Vessel or Basket carried by Winged Figures . Sacred Tree ...
... Bull . South - west Ruin , Nimroud . Group from a Bas - relief discovered in the S. W. Palace . North - west Palace , Nimroud . Winged Figure . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Vessel or Basket carried by Winged Figures . Sacred Tree ...
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... Bull , the Rhinoceros and an Antelope . ( Obelisk , Monkey & Ape . ( Obelisk , Nimroud . ) Figures on Lions ... Bull beneath the Mound of Nimroud . Emblem of the Deity . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) A House . ( Kouyunjik . ) The Interior ...
... Bull , the Rhinoceros and an Antelope . ( Obelisk , Monkey & Ape . ( Obelisk , Nimroud . ) Figures on Lions ... Bull beneath the Mound of Nimroud . Emblem of the Deity . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) A House . ( Kouyunjik . ) The Interior ...
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... bull , was attached to the fore part of the chariot by a singular contrivance , of which neither the use nor the * Nos . 1 and 2 , wall ƒ , plan 1 . † 1 Kings , x . 17 .; 2 Sam . viii . 7 . 0000000 ASSYRIAN WARRIORS IN A CHARIOT FROM A ...
... bull , was attached to the fore part of the chariot by a singular contrivance , of which neither the use nor the * Nos . 1 and 2 , wall ƒ , plan 1 . † 1 Kings , x . 17 .; 2 Sam . viii . 7 . 0000000 ASSYRIAN WARRIORS IN A CHARIOT FROM A ...
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... bull . They may have been of precious metal , but more probably of copper , inlaid with ivory or enamel , as a few days before a copper dagger - handle , precisely similar in form to one of those carried by this figure , hollowed to ...
... bull . They may have been of precious metal , but more probably of copper , inlaid with ivory or enamel , as a few days before a copper dagger - handle , precisely similar in form to one of those carried by this figure , hollowed to ...
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A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh, Abridged [From Nineveh and Its ... Mihaly Horvath,Austen Henry Layard Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians church cuneiform descended desert discovered discovery earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations Fcap feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha 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 Pasha plain Portrait Post 8vo priests principal probably raft Rassam reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Second Edition Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones tents Third Edition Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village Vols walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women Woodcuts workmen Yezidis
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 54 - 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.
Seite 323 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
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Seite 49 - Sheikh could be prevailed upon to descend into the pit, and convince himself that the image he saw was of stone. " This is not the work of men's hands...
Seite 254 - When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: 20 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.
Seite 253 - Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Seite 307 - Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
Seite 216 - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 25 Am I now come up without; the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Seite 54 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
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