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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 96

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still so farpreserved as to be legible almost throughout. It contained152 lines. On the four bulls of the fagade were two inscrip- * Grand.entrance, S.E. side, Plan I. p. 4. These figures were thoseof winged priests, or deities, carrying the fir-cone and basket. + The frontispiece to this volume… … 44 .MXr.ll-:// AM) JLUiVLJX. [Chai-. tions, one inscription being rarried over each pair, and iIk-two being ]irociseIy of the same import. These two (Hlferenlinscriptions complete the annals ot six years of the reignof Sennacherib, and contain numerous particulars connectedwith the religion of the…

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Assyria · Assyria -- Description and travel · Nineveh (Extinct city) · Babylon (Extinct city)

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