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 28
ancient edi-fice. Amongst the earherruins, which were at aconsideiable depth be-neath the soil, were nochambers with sculp-tured walls, but bas-reliefs brought from thecentre palace, and seve-ral detached objects oigreat interest were ob-tained from them, Alarge tablet, or stele,similar in form to… … WXll JNTRODUCTIO.W tion rcronling the annalsof liis reign. It isnow in thcHiitish Mu-seum. In another j)artof the bu^iUhng, sup-l)ose(l to be a templededicated to Nebo bya king, whose name,according to SirHenry Rawhnson, isto be read Iva-lush, orYama-Zala-Khus; or,according to M. Op-l)ert,…
