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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE XLV.
A FIELD OF BATTLE. (KOUYUNJIK.)
From Chamber XXXIII. (Nos. 1 and 2.)
PLATE. XLVI.
A FIELD OF BATTLE. (Continued.)
From same chamber. (No. 3.)
PLATE XLVII.
ASSYBIAN TEIHMPH. (KOEYHNJIK.)
From same chamber. (No. 4.)
PLATE XLVIII.
ASSYBIAN TBIUMPH. (Continued.)
From same chamber. (No. 5.)
PLATE XLIX.
TBIUMPH OF ASSTEIAN KING.
From same chamber. (No. 6.)
The bas-reliefs contained in these five plates represent the conquest of Susiana by the
son of Esarhaddon. That monarch, it would appear, caused them to be graved on the
walls of the Palace of Sennacherib, his grandfather. The material of the slabs is a
fossiliferous limestone, and the sculpture is remarkable for the spirit of the outline and
the delicacy of the details. The six slabs are in the British Museum.*
PLATE L.
CAPTIVES AND PABT OF A WALLED CITY. (KOUYENJIK)
The inscription across one of the bas-reliefs contains the name of Sennacherib, but
* Nineveh and Babylon, chap. xx.
not that of the conquered country, which has not been identified. From Chamber X.
(Nos. 7 and 11.)
PLATE LI.
ASSYBIAN BOCK SCTJLPTTTEES. (BAYIAN.)
These figures, which are about twenty-five feet high, represent Sennacherib
worshipping before a god. They are carved upon the rock in a valley to the east of Nineveh.
The excavated chambers are probably tombs of a later date than the sculptures. On tablets
adjoining this bas-relief are inscriptions, by which it appears that these monuments were
sculptured to record the opening of some great canal by Sennacherib, and to celebrate his
conquest of Babylonia.*
PLATE LIL
ENTIBE STATEE FEOM THE NOETH-WEST EEINS. (NIMEOED.)
Found in one of the small temples on the northern side of the platform at
Nimroud. Its height is three feet, four inches; the material, a compact limestone. This
is the only perfect specimen hitherto discovered of an Assyrian statue " in the round." It
appears to represent the early Nimroud King, the builder of the North-west Palace, and
to have been raised after his return from the conquest of Mount Lebanon. It stood on a
square pedestal of red limestone. Both are now in the British Museum.f
PLATE LIII.
PAINTED BEICKS. (NIMEOED.)
From a mound in the south-east corner of the inclosure of Nimroud.
PLATE LIV.
PAINTED BEICKS. (NIMEOED.)
Discovered in the same ruin as those in the last plate, with the exception of Nos. 10
and 11, which are fragments of earthen vessels, and were found in the North-west
Palace.
* Nineveh and Babylon, chap. ix.
t Ibid., p. 361.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE XLV.
A FIELD OF BATTLE. (KOUYUNJIK.)
From Chamber XXXIII. (Nos. 1 and 2.)
PLATE. XLVI.
A FIELD OF BATTLE. (Continued.)
From same chamber. (No. 3.)
PLATE XLVII.
ASSYBIAN TEIHMPH. (KOEYHNJIK.)
From same chamber. (No. 4.)
PLATE XLVIII.
ASSYBIAN TBIUMPH. (Continued.)
From same chamber. (No. 5.)
PLATE XLIX.
TBIUMPH OF ASSTEIAN KING.
From same chamber. (No. 6.)
The bas-reliefs contained in these five plates represent the conquest of Susiana by the
son of Esarhaddon. That monarch, it would appear, caused them to be graved on the
walls of the Palace of Sennacherib, his grandfather. The material of the slabs is a
fossiliferous limestone, and the sculpture is remarkable for the spirit of the outline and
the delicacy of the details. The six slabs are in the British Museum.*
PLATE L.
CAPTIVES AND PABT OF A WALLED CITY. (KOUYENJIK)
The inscription across one of the bas-reliefs contains the name of Sennacherib, but
* Nineveh and Babylon, chap. xx.
not that of the conquered country, which has not been identified. From Chamber X.
(Nos. 7 and 11.)
PLATE LI.
ASSYBIAN BOCK SCTJLPTTTEES. (BAYIAN.)
These figures, which are about twenty-five feet high, represent Sennacherib
worshipping before a god. They are carved upon the rock in a valley to the east of Nineveh.
The excavated chambers are probably tombs of a later date than the sculptures. On tablets
adjoining this bas-relief are inscriptions, by which it appears that these monuments were
sculptured to record the opening of some great canal by Sennacherib, and to celebrate his
conquest of Babylonia.*
PLATE LIL
ENTIBE STATEE FEOM THE NOETH-WEST EEINS. (NIMEOED.)
Found in one of the small temples on the northern side of the platform at
Nimroud. Its height is three feet, four inches; the material, a compact limestone. This
is the only perfect specimen hitherto discovered of an Assyrian statue " in the round." It
appears to represent the early Nimroud King, the builder of the North-west Palace, and
to have been raised after his return from the conquest of Mount Lebanon. It stood on a
square pedestal of red limestone. Both are now in the British Museum.f
PLATE LIII.
PAINTED BEICKS. (NIMEOED.)
From a mound in the south-east corner of the inclosure of Nimroud.
PLATE LIV.
PAINTED BEICKS. (NIMEOED.)
Discovered in the same ruin as those in the last plate, with the exception of Nos. 10
and 11, which are fragments of earthen vessels, and were found in the North-west
Palace.
* Nineveh and Babylon, chap. ix.
t Ibid., p. 361.