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Title: Nineveh and Persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient Assyria and Persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885
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Publisher: London : A. Hall, Virtue & co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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r aboderound Nimroud with their wives and families, and served as aneffectual protection against the wild and roving tribes of thedesert. The excavations were recommenced on the first ofNovember, and were almost immediately successful. One of themost remarkable slabs is one which terminates a victorious pro-cession : it represents the castle and the pavilion of the conqueror.The ground plan of the former is represented by a circle dividedinto four equal compartments, and surrounded by towers andbattlements. In each compartment there are figures evidentlyengaged in culinary occupations, and preparing the feast; one isholding a sheep, while the other is cutting it up ; another appearsto be making bread or boiling a cauldron. Various bowls andutensils stand upon tables and stools, all of which are remarkablefor the elegance of their forms. The pavilion is supported bythree posts or columns; on the summit of one is the fir-cone,the emblem so frequently found in the Assyrian sculptures; on
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Domestic Scene. the Others are figures of the ibex or mountain goat. They aredesigned with great spirit and carefully executed. The material, CHAr. vTii.) NIMROUD. 231 probably silk or woollen stuff, with which the upper part of thepavilion is richly ornamented, is clearly shown, and an edge witha fringe of fir-cones alternating with another ornament, whichgenerally accompanies the fir-cone in the embroidery of dressesand in the decoration of rooms. Beneath the canopy a groom iscurrycombing one horse, while other horses, picketed by theirhalters, are feeding at a trough. An eunuch stands at theentrance of the tent to receive four prisoners, who, with theirhands tied behind them, are brought to him by a warrior with apointed helmet. Above this group, but on the same slab, are twosingular figures, uniting the human form with the head of a lion :one holds a whip or thong in his right hand, and grasps his underjaw with his left. The hands of the second are elevated, andjoined in front. Th

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