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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 20

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emains, p. 244. INTRODUCTION. XXlll of the British Museum. For extreme dehcacy and minute-ness of execution, and for remarkable truth to. nature andvigour of treatment in the dehneation of animals, they areequal if not superior to any other sculptures brought fromAssyria. In that which constitutes… … Hound held in Leash. are acquainted—those from the north-west palace at Nim-roud. They bear, indeed, the same relation to them as thelater Egyptian monuments do to the earlier. In these bas-reliefs Asshur-bani-pal is seen hunting theHon, sometimes engaged in close combat with the animal,and in…

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

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