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 433
trees and plants covered the stone that was beneaththem, and their leaves were wrought so wonderfully thin andsubtile, that they appeared almost in motion ; but the restof the wall, up to the roof, was plastered over, and, as it were,wrought over with various colours and pictures.t To complete the… … Chap. XIV.] PALACE AT KOUYUNJIK. 381 and Sennacherib about the same time in erecting his greatpalace at Kouyunjik.* The ceihng, roof, and beams of the Jewish temple wereof cedar wood. The discoveries in the ruins at Nimroudshow that the same precious wood was used in the Assyrianedifices; and the…
