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 170
Artificial Mounds un the Khabour. conical elevation, called by the Arabs, Koukab. In front, tothe south, was the beautiful hill of the Sinjar, ever varyingin colour and in outline as the declining sun left freshshadows on its furrowed sides. Behind us, and not far dis-tant, was the low, wooded…
