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Plate II.
BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
SCULPTURED RELIEF OF THE REIGN OF ASSUR-NAZIR-PAL; FOREIGNERS BRINGING TRIBUTE. IVORY PANELS WITH LINE ENGRAVING; FROM NIMRUD. |
ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENTS OF PAINTED TERRA-COTTA; FROM NIMRUD. SECTION OF BRONZE SHEATHING FROM GATES OF SHALMANESER II. BRONZE LION-WEIGHT. |
SCULPTURED RELIEF OF THE REIGN OF ASSUR-BANI-PAL; MYTHOLOGICAL BEINGS IN CONFLICT. PORTION OF SCULPTURED PAVING SLAB FROM A DOORWAY IN ASSUR-BANI-PAL'S PALACE AT KUYUNJIK (NINEVEH). |
STAMPED BRICK-INSCRIPTION OF BŪR-SIN, KING OF UR. |
LETTER FROM TUSHRATTA, KING OF MITANI, TO AMENOPHIS III. |
PRISM OF SENNACHERIB, INSCRIBED WITH HISTORICAL ANNALS OF HIS REIGN. |
TABLET FROM ASSUR-BANI-PAL'S LIBRARY, INSCRIBED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL TEXT. |
SPECIMENS OF BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN WRITING.
The objects, with the exception of those represented in the first three figures, are in the British Museum.
Photos, Mansell & Co.