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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 177

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Tian bas-reliefs. The head-dress appeared toconsist of a kind of circular helmet, ending in a sharppoint. The treatment and style marked the sculpture to beof the same period as the bull and lion. Such were the sculptures discovered in the mound of Arban. … Bas-relief discovered at Arban. The height of this fragment was 5 ft. S in. v.] DISCOVERIES AT ARBAN. 125 Amongst smaller objects of different periods were some ofconsiderable interest, jars, vases, funeral urns, highly-glazedpotteiy, fragments of glass, a large copper ring, apparentlyAssyrian; an…

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Assyria · Assyria -- Description and travel · Nineveh (Extinct city) · Babylon (Extinct city)

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