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 309
Tian em-1 pire and of the rise< of the kingdomsof Babylon andPersia. The artspassed from Assy-ria to the sister na-tions, and thenceto Ionia andGreece. There ismuch in the bas-reliefs I have justdescribed to re- … mind us of the early works of the Greeks executed imme-diately after the Persian war. X.] DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAMBERS. 257 The chamber containing these sculptures had an entranceopening upon the edge of the mound. Of this doorway thereonly remained, on each side, a block of plain limestone,which…
