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 235
ith onesla]),on which was a part of theusual inscription containingthe annals of Sardanapalus.The height of the hons wasabout 8 feet, and their lengththirteen. An inscription wascarved across them. In frontof them, in the corners formedby walls projecting at right I ] . angles with the entrance,… … Statue of King from Temple.(Nimroud.j * Plate 2, 2nd series of Monuments of Nineveh. One of these lionsis now in the British Museum. t An aUar nearly similar in shape is seen on the top of a hill, in abas-relief al Khorsabad, Botta, plate i6. VII.] FIGURE OF THE KING. 183 The lion portal led into a…
