viii List of Illustrations. PIG- PAGE i >. Plan of the south-western palace at Nimroud 43 17. Upper chambers excavated at Nimroud 44 18. Map of the site of Nineveh 4c 19. Plan of the mound of Kouyundjik 46 jo. Tart plan of the palace of Sennacherib 47 21. Sennacherib at the head of his army 4c 22. Town besieged by Sennacherib 54 23. Siege of a city 60 24. Plan of one of the ordinary gates at Khorsabad 66 2?. Restoration in perspective of one of the ordinary gates of Khorsabad . . 67 26. State gateway at Khorsabad 68 27. Longitudinal section through the archway of one of the city gates, Khorsabad 69 28. Fortified wall ; from the Balawat gates 73 29. Siege of a fort 74 30. An attack by escalade 75 31. Chariot for three combatants ; from the palace of Assurbanipal 76 32. The demon of the south-west wind 81 2,^. Head of a Avinged bull of Assurbanipal 83 34. Cone of chalcedony 85 35. Izdubar and Lion 86 36. Winged genius 87 37. Carrying the gods ; from the palace of Sennacherib 90 38. Istar and the sacrificing priest 90 39. Istar between two personages 90 40. Lapis-lazuli cylinder 91 41,42. Fragments of an ivory statuette 92 43. Merodach- or Marduk-idin-akhi . 95 44. Captives on the march ; from the palace of Sennacherib 97 45. Sargon before the sacred tree 99 46. Assyrian standard 102 47. Sennacherib before Lachish 105 48. Procession of captives 107 49. One face of the obelisk of Shalmaneser II in 50. Statuette of a priest 114 51. Dagon 114 52. Head of a lioness 175 53. Canephoros 117 54. Man driving goats and sheep ; from the Balawat gates 118 55. Lion carved in wood 119 56. Ivory seal 119 57. Ivory tablet in the British Museum 120 58. Ivory fragment in the British Museum 121 59. Ivory tablet in the British Museum .. 122 60. Statue of Assurnazirpal 123 61. Statue of Shalmaneser II 127 62. Pair of warriors 129
