The flora of the Assyrian monuments and its outcomes (1894)
Bonavia, Emanuel, 1826-1908 · Westminster, A. Constable · leaf 64
externally, ona pale yellow ground, called Chitla Kharbuza. From all this it would follow that, although theAssyrians may have been acquainted with the water-melon, it is more probable that the one the artistsrepresented on the sculptures was some fine kind ofCucuniis melo, such as are still grown… … Fig. II.—Pine trees :— ((/) As usually seen on the Monuments, from pi. 8i, and [b) frompi. 46, Layards Monuments, ist Series. ^ Numbers 51, 52, 53, 54) and 55) Kouyunjik Gallery, and numbers 45 and121, basement, British Museum. ASSYRIAN MONUMENTS. 29 By the help of the Officials of the Natural…
Assyro-Babylonian religion · Botany -- History · Sculpture, Assyro-Babylonian
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