Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 128
eir civilization is commemorated. Atrocities of every kind finda place in the reliefs. Among the prisoners of war the mostfortunate are those led by a cord passed through their lips.Others are mutilated, crucified, flayed alive. Tiglath Pileser II. isshown to us besieging a city, before whose walls… … tijf£ ^ ^M \€ if\ Fig. 27.—Fea^t of .-^ssurbanipril; from Kouyundjik. British Museuai. Height 20^ inches.No. I, The servants of the fea^t. important enemies they were carried in procession and treasuredas honourable trophies. In one relief we find Assurbanipal, afterhis return to Nineveh from the…
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