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 450
stern side, of which thereis no trace. Of the fortified inclosures still existing, that defendingKouyunjik is the most remarkable, and was best calculatedto withstand the attack of a powerful and numerous army. * See p. 54. XIV.J FORTIFICATIONS OF KOUYUNJIK. 395 Its form, it will be perceived, was… … Plan of Mound and Inclosure of Kouyunjik. From the eastern-corner of the northern face, the inner wall (<r),which is about 16,000 feet, or three miles in length, curvestowards the southern end of the western, the two being about1,000 yards apart at their extremities ((^/). The whole extent *…
