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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
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Belus or Jupiter, Hera, and Rhea. They also resemble the figures of the divinities in the Assyrian rock sculptures
of Malthaiyah, and on cylinders and amulets from Assyrian and Babylonian ruins. The last figure, carrying an
axe in the right hand, may perhaps be the god of the Babylonians described in the Epistle of Jeremy.*
PLATE 66.----THE SIEGE OF A TRIPLE-WALLED CITY.
(No. 3, a, wall r, plan % Nimroud).
A warrior, wearing a crested helmet, is forcing the stones out of a wall with an instrument like a spear ;
he is protected from the arrows of the enemy by two circular shields, raised by a second warrior. One of the
besieged appears to be throwing from a tower a large stone upon these warriors. The city is surrounded by
three walls, one within the other, and each furnished with towers. The upper part of the bas-relief has been
destroyed. Women and men are seen on the battlements, raising their hands in the act of asking for quarter.
Beneath the walls are the bodies of the slain, and Assyrian warriors carrying away the spoil. *
This bas-relief is on the same slab as the Procession of the Gods, (Plate 65). Although built into the
South-West Edifice, they belong to some building of which the site is still undiscovered.
PLATE 67.----(A) IDOLS AND captives from a conquered nation.
(B) A FISHERMAN IN A POND OR LAKE.
(A) Part of a bas-relief from the centre ruins, Nimroud. It probably belongs to a series representing the
triumphal return of an Assyrian army. Assyrian warriors are seen carrying a figure or idol, and the image
of a bird. Women are seated on the ground nursing their children, and a man is drinking out of a jar: they
probably represent captives exhausted after a long march.
(No. 7, ch. d, Kouyunjik).
(B) On the fisherman's shoulder is a wicker basket containing fish. The lake is in the midst of wooded
mountains. This is merely the fragment of a bas-relief, the rest of which was destroyed.
PLATE 68.—A CITY TAKEN BY ASSAULT-PRISONERS driven away.
(No. 26, ch. g, Kouyunjik).
Warriors are represented scaling the walls with ladders. The battlements are defended by archers and
spearmen, and by men hurling stones. Two of the besieged are falling from the walls. Beneath the castle are
the captives driven off by the conquerors. The hands of the men are bound with manacles. The women carry
away vases and skins. Above the castle is a river with fish, and wooded mountains, and at the bottom of the
slab are also trees in a mountainous country, which is indicated by the cross lines.
This bas-relief formed part of a series, the greater part of which was completely destroyed.
PLATE 69.----THE INVASION OF A MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY.
(No. 3, ch. b, Kouyunjik).
Assyrian warriors are seen ascending and descending the mountains through a forest of trees. Some are
in line, and others scattered in the forest. In one corner are prisoners led away by the conquerors, and beneath
them part of the walls of a castle. The upper part of the slab was entirely destroyed. On it was probably
represented the enemy defending themselves on the summits of the mountains.
This bas-relief formed part of a series.
* Baruch, ch. vi., v. 15.
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Belus or Jupiter, Hera, and Rhea. They also resemble the figures of the divinities in the Assyrian rock sculptures
of Malthaiyah, and on cylinders and amulets from Assyrian and Babylonian ruins. The last figure, carrying an
axe in the right hand, may perhaps be the god of the Babylonians described in the Epistle of Jeremy.*
PLATE 66.----THE SIEGE OF A TRIPLE-WALLED CITY.
(No. 3, a, wall r, plan % Nimroud).
A warrior, wearing a crested helmet, is forcing the stones out of a wall with an instrument like a spear ;
he is protected from the arrows of the enemy by two circular shields, raised by a second warrior. One of the
besieged appears to be throwing from a tower a large stone upon these warriors. The city is surrounded by
three walls, one within the other, and each furnished with towers. The upper part of the bas-relief has been
destroyed. Women and men are seen on the battlements, raising their hands in the act of asking for quarter.
Beneath the walls are the bodies of the slain, and Assyrian warriors carrying away the spoil. *
This bas-relief is on the same slab as the Procession of the Gods, (Plate 65). Although built into the
South-West Edifice, they belong to some building of which the site is still undiscovered.
PLATE 67.----(A) IDOLS AND captives from a conquered nation.
(B) A FISHERMAN IN A POND OR LAKE.
(A) Part of a bas-relief from the centre ruins, Nimroud. It probably belongs to a series representing the
triumphal return of an Assyrian army. Assyrian warriors are seen carrying a figure or idol, and the image
of a bird. Women are seated on the ground nursing their children, and a man is drinking out of a jar: they
probably represent captives exhausted after a long march.
(No. 7, ch. d, Kouyunjik).
(B) On the fisherman's shoulder is a wicker basket containing fish. The lake is in the midst of wooded
mountains. This is merely the fragment of a bas-relief, the rest of which was destroyed.
PLATE 68.—A CITY TAKEN BY ASSAULT-PRISONERS driven away.
(No. 26, ch. g, Kouyunjik).
Warriors are represented scaling the walls with ladders. The battlements are defended by archers and
spearmen, and by men hurling stones. Two of the besieged are falling from the walls. Beneath the castle are
the captives driven off by the conquerors. The hands of the men are bound with manacles. The women carry
away vases and skins. Above the castle is a river with fish, and wooded mountains, and at the bottom of the
slab are also trees in a mountainous country, which is indicated by the cross lines.
This bas-relief formed part of a series, the greater part of which was completely destroyed.
PLATE 69.----THE INVASION OF A MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY.
(No. 3, ch. b, Kouyunjik).
Assyrian warriors are seen ascending and descending the mountains through a forest of trees. Some are
in line, and others scattered in the forest. In one corner are prisoners led away by the conquerors, and beneath
them part of the walls of a castle. The upper part of the slab was entirely destroyed. On it was probably
represented the enemy defending themselves on the summits of the mountains.
This bas-relief formed part of a series.
* Baruch, ch. vi., v. 15.