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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 226

An illustration from Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851, 1867, leaf 226
earing the impression of two royalsignets, one Assyrian, the other Egyptian. The Egyptianrepresents tiie king slaying his enemies. The name, writtenin hieroglyphics and enclosed in the usual royal cartouche,is that of Sabaco the Second, the Ethiopian, of the twenty-fifth Egyptian dynasty. This king… … Impressions of the Signets of the Kings of Assyria and Egypt. (Original Size.) Part of Cartouche of Sabaco, enhirgeiiironi the Impression of his Signet. having received ambassadors from Hoshea, king of Israel^who, by entering into a league with the Egyptians, calleddown the vengeance of…

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

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