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 299
e this group was anepigra])h, unfortunatelymuch mutilated, whichrecorded the slaughterof a king, who appears,from other inscriptionson the same sculptures,to have reigned overElam or Susiana. Behind the cart withthe Ass)Tian w^arriorswas the tent of the re-gistrar, to which hadbeen led a captive… … X.] CONQUEST OF SUSIANA. 247 of one of the princes of the Elamites. Four spirited horses,wounded by arrows, w^ere plunging and rearing, and theciiief and his charioteer were falling from the overturnedchariot. Beneath was an Assyrian warrior holding his horseby the bridle, and advancing towards a…
