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Title: Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894
Subjects: Nineveh (Extinct city) Babylon (Extinct city) Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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oth, doubtless of somerare and beautiful material. The royal feet rest upona high footstool of elegantform, fashioned like thethrone, and cased with em-bossed metal, the legs end-ing in lions paws, Behindthe king are two attendanteunuchs raising fans abovehis head, and holding em-broidered napkins. The monarch himself isattired in long loose robesrichly ornamented, andedged with tassels andfringes. In his right handhe raises two arrows, andhis left rests upon a bow; ..•, J -L i_i J Sennacherib on his Throne before Lachish. an attitude, probably, de-noting triumph over his enemies, and in which he is usuallyportrayed when receiving prisoners after a victory. Behind the king is the royal tent; * and beneath him arehis led horses, and an attendant on foot carrying the para-sol, the emblem of royalty. His two chariots, with theircharioteers, are waiting for him. One has a peculiar semi- * Above it is an inscription, to the effect, that it is the imt (?) of Sen-nacherib, king of Assyria.
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50 NINEVEH AND BABYLON. (Chap. circular ornament of considerable size, rising from the polebetween the horses, and spreading over their heads. It mayoriginally have contained the figure of a deity, or somemythic symbol. Two quivers, holding a bow, a hatchet,and arrows, are fixed to the side of the chariot. The trap-pings of the horses are richly decorated. On the last bas-relief* is the ground-plan of a castle, orof a fortified camp containing tents and houses. Withinthe walls is seen a fire-altar with two beardless priests, wear-ing high conical caps, standing before it. In front of thealtar, on which burned the sacred flame, is a table bearingvarious sacrificial objects, and beyond it two sacred chariots,probably such as accompanied the Persian kings in theirwars.f The horses have been taken out, and the yokes restupon stands. Each chariot carries a lofty pole surmountedby a globe, and long tassels or streamers. Above the head of the king is an inscription, which maybe translated, S

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