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 74
they carried with them during the operations wedgesof different sizes. Kneeling workmen were representedusing these levers and wedges. The levers were workedby ropes, and on a detached fragment, discovered in thelong gallery, men were seen seated astride upon them toadd by theirweight to the force… … Cart with Ropes and Workmen carrying Saws, Picks and Shovels, for movingcolossal Bull (Kouyunjik.J motions of the workmen, who unless they applied theirstrength at one and the same moment would be unable tomove so large a weight. Behind him stood a second officer
