The flora of the Assyrian monuments and its outcomes (1894)
Bonavia, Emanuel, 1826-1908 · Westminster, A. Constable · leaf 42
bearunmistakable evidence of whole forests having onceexisted somewhere in its vicinity, or on the banks ofits tributary rivers. Layard ^ gives a plate representing the conquerorscutting down the date trees of a conquered country. 1 Monuments of Nineveh, ist Ser. pi. 73. FLORA OF THE This terrible… … Fig. 5.—Variations of date tree designs:— a. From Balawat gates, British Museum. b. From Bonomis Niniveh. A R c. From Cylinder^ „/ British Museum. d. From Sculpture 6a, Nimrood gallery, British Museum. times, it must have existed abundantly. Layard says, The scene around the traveller is worthy of…
Assyro-Babylonian religion · Botany -- History · Sculpture, Assyro-Babylonian
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