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 125
e period the Assyrians kept an exact compu-tation of time. Sennacherib declares that, on his return 72 iXiNEVE/i .ixn fi.in)-io.y [LllAI. from Babylon, he had (auscd these lal)Ict-i to be carvcil inthe roik. Hcncath the sculptured tablets, and in the bed of theGomel, are two enormous fraj^ments of…
