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 230
roup appears torepresent the bad spiritdriven out by a good deity. On the slabs at right an-gles to these sculptures,forming the outer part of theentrance, were two colossalhuman figures, without wings,wearing garlands on theirheads, and bearing branchesending in three flowers.Within the temple, at… … Fish-God at Entrance to small Temple.(Nimroucl.) 178 NiXEiEJi .L\n /;.!/;waw. [Chap. fishs head formed part of tlie tliree-horned rap usuallyworn by the winged figures. Ihe tail only reached a littlebelow the waist of the man, who was dressed in a tunicanil long furred robe.* At this entrance to…
