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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE LV.
PAINTED BRICKS AND FRAGMENTS FROM NIMROUD AND BAASHIEKHAH.
No. 1. Part of a beard or hair in clay, coloured blue, probably belonging to a statue.
From a small temple at Nimroud.
Nos. 2, 3, and 8. Fragments of the lid of a vase or vessel, from Baashiekhah.
No. 4. A small jar from Nimroud.
No. 5. Fragment of a beard in enamel; part of a statue. From a small temple at
Nimroud.
No. 6. Painted brick from Nimroud, representing the King followed by his attendants.
Size, 12 inches by 9 inches.
No. 7. A glazed clay ball from Nimroud*
PLATE LVI.
SCULPTURED PAVEMENT. (KOUYUNJIK.)
In alabaster; between the winged Bulls at entrance c of Chamber XXIV. Many
of the entrances at Kouyunjik had similar pavement slabs.
PLATE LVII. to LXVIII.
BRONZE DISHES, BOWLS, AND VESSELS PROM NIMROUD.
A particular description of the bronzes will be found in my smaller work.f They
were discovered together in a chamber in the North-west Palace at Nimroud, and are now
in the British Museum. The engravings (63 to 67) are from the admirable drawings made
by Mr. Prentis for the Trustees; the lithographs are by Mr. L. Gruner, with the exception of
those in plate 68, which are from drawings by Mr. George Scharf, jun. They are of the
size of the original objects.
* For a description of the bricks in these three Plates, and of the colours used by the Assyrians, see " Nineveh
and Babylon," p. 166. t Nineveh and Babylon, chap. viii.
PLATE LXIX.
CYLINDERS, GEMS, AND IMPRESSIONS OF SEALS FROM ASSYRIAN RUINS.
All these objects are in the British Museum, and have been fully described in my
"Nineveh and Babylon."* The seals are impressed upon clay. The nature of the materials in
which the gems and cylinders are cut is mentioned beneath each specimen. They are all
drawn to the original size. The cylinders 33 to 38 are Babylonian—the remainder are
Assyrian ; those from No. 44 to 48, are probably the most ancient.
PLATE LXX.
VIEW OF THE MOUNDS OF KOUYUNJIK AND NEBBI YUNUS, AND OF THE REMAINS
OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS, FROM THE NORTH.
This view is taken from a low hill outside the northern inclosure wall. The large
mound in the centre is Kouyunjik : upon that beyond it is built the Mosque of the tomb of
Jonah. The mound rising above the line of wall in front of Kouyunjik covers the
entrance or gateway in which were discovered the colossal human-headed Bulls and
winged figures in Plate Ill.f
VIEW OF THE MOUNDS OF KOUYUNJIK AND NEBBI YUNUS, AND OF THE REMAINS
OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS, FROM MOSUL.
From a sketch by the Rev. S. C. Malan, taken from the top of the Author's house at
Mosul. The Tigris divides the town from the ruins. The principal mound, that in the
centre, is Kouyunjik—to the right, or south of it, is the tomb of the prophet Jonah. The
long lines of wall may be traced on both sides of these ruins. In the background are the
hills of Makloub.
PLATE LXXI.
GENERAL PLAN OF THE EXCAVATED CHAMBERS AT KOUYUNJIK.
Nineveh and Babylon, c. vi. and xxv.
t Hid., p. 120.
PLATE LV.
PAINTED BRICKS AND FRAGMENTS FROM NIMROUD AND BAASHIEKHAH.
No. 1. Part of a beard or hair in clay, coloured blue, probably belonging to a statue.
From a small temple at Nimroud.
Nos. 2, 3, and 8. Fragments of the lid of a vase or vessel, from Baashiekhah.
No. 4. A small jar from Nimroud.
No. 5. Fragment of a beard in enamel; part of a statue. From a small temple at
Nimroud.
No. 6. Painted brick from Nimroud, representing the King followed by his attendants.
Size, 12 inches by 9 inches.
No. 7. A glazed clay ball from Nimroud*
PLATE LVI.
SCULPTURED PAVEMENT. (KOUYUNJIK.)
In alabaster; between the winged Bulls at entrance c of Chamber XXIV. Many
of the entrances at Kouyunjik had similar pavement slabs.
PLATE LVII. to LXVIII.
BRONZE DISHES, BOWLS, AND VESSELS PROM NIMROUD.
A particular description of the bronzes will be found in my smaller work.f They
were discovered together in a chamber in the North-west Palace at Nimroud, and are now
in the British Museum. The engravings (63 to 67) are from the admirable drawings made
by Mr. Prentis for the Trustees; the lithographs are by Mr. L. Gruner, with the exception of
those in plate 68, which are from drawings by Mr. George Scharf, jun. They are of the
size of the original objects.
* For a description of the bricks in these three Plates, and of the colours used by the Assyrians, see " Nineveh
and Babylon," p. 166. t Nineveh and Babylon, chap. viii.
PLATE LXIX.
CYLINDERS, GEMS, AND IMPRESSIONS OF SEALS FROM ASSYRIAN RUINS.
All these objects are in the British Museum, and have been fully described in my
"Nineveh and Babylon."* The seals are impressed upon clay. The nature of the materials in
which the gems and cylinders are cut is mentioned beneath each specimen. They are all
drawn to the original size. The cylinders 33 to 38 are Babylonian—the remainder are
Assyrian ; those from No. 44 to 48, are probably the most ancient.
PLATE LXX.
VIEW OF THE MOUNDS OF KOUYUNJIK AND NEBBI YUNUS, AND OF THE REMAINS
OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS, FROM THE NORTH.
This view is taken from a low hill outside the northern inclosure wall. The large
mound in the centre is Kouyunjik : upon that beyond it is built the Mosque of the tomb of
Jonah. The mound rising above the line of wall in front of Kouyunjik covers the
entrance or gateway in which were discovered the colossal human-headed Bulls and
winged figures in Plate Ill.f
VIEW OF THE MOUNDS OF KOUYUNJIK AND NEBBI YUNUS, AND OF THE REMAINS
OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS, FROM MOSUL.
From a sketch by the Rev. S. C. Malan, taken from the top of the Author's house at
Mosul. The Tigris divides the town from the ruins. The principal mound, that in the
centre, is Kouyunjik—to the right, or south of it, is the tomb of the prophet Jonah. The
long lines of wall may be traced on both sides of these ruins. In the background are the
hills of Makloub.
PLATE LXXI.
GENERAL PLAN OF THE EXCAVATED CHAMBERS AT KOUYUNJIK.
Nineveh and Babylon, c. vi. and xxv.
t Hid., p. 120.