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 401
Cylinders, with Semetic Characters. of Babylonia. To the first period I assign a cylinder in theBritish Museum, representing two figures, half man half bull,raising the winged emblem of the deity over the sacred tree.On one side of them is a priest carrying a goat, such as isseen in the Khorsabad…