Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 104
to a certain extent to test the accuracy of the in-terpretation of the cuneiform inscriptions, and to removeany doubt that might still exist as to the identification ofthe King, who built the palace on the mound of Kouyunjik,with the Sennacherib of Scripture. Had these bas-reliefsbeen the only… … Jewish Captives from Lachish. (Kouyunjik.) the inscriptions which they illustrate, and which are alsonow deposited in the national collection, the most valuablecotemporary historical record possessed by any museum inthe world. They may be said to be the actual manuscript,caused to be written or…
