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 29
according to M. Op-l)ert, Hou-likhous,and wlio reignedabout 800 B.C., werediscovered two de-tached statues of thegod, very rudelycarved. On themis an inscription,which, according toSir Henry Rawlin-son, states that theywere offered to Neboby an officer who go-verned certain placesin the Assyrian… … INTRODUCTION, xxxiii and people, and victory to his armies.* This Sammu-ramit has been identified, probably upon very slendergrounds, with the Semiramis of classic story; and the groupof cuneiform characters, supposed to represent her nameupon these statues, has enabled Mr. Rawlinson to fix…
