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 92
rOlVER IN BAS-RELIEF. 39 might have been considerably higher. It is probable thatits original shape was that of a square tower, formed bya series of stages or platforms, on the top of whicli mayhave been placed an altar with the sacred fire. A bas-reliefwith the representation of a tower of this… … Tower on a Mound. (From a Bas-relief, Kouyunjik.) sculpture, on the level of the top of tlie basement wall,exactly where the entrance to the vaulted gallery, which Ihave conjectured to be the sepulchral chamber, may besupposed to have been placed. • A river washes the foot ofthe mound, as the…
