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| REVERSE OF A TABLET IN THE HITTITE LANGUAGE FROM BOGHAZ KEUI (Frontispiece) | |
| MAP—THE EASTERN WORLD IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. | [7] |
| THE TOMB OF DARIUS | [16] |
| BLACK OBELISK OF SHAL-MANESER II | [21] |
| CHALDÆAN HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS IN TERRA-COTTA | [21] |
| THE TELL OF JERABIS (PROBABLY THE ANCIENT CARCHEMISH) | [40] |
| THE TUMULUS OF SUSA, AS IT APPEARED TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF LAST CENTURY | [46] |
| HEAD OF ONE OF THE STATUES FROM TELLO | [58] |
| VASE OF SILVER, DEDICATED TO NINGIRSU BY ENTENA PATESI OF LAGAS | [58] |
| THE TELL OF BORSIPPA, THE PRESENT BIRS-NIMRUD | [78] |
| THE SEAL OF SHARGANI-SHAR-ALI (SARGON OF AKKAD):
GILGAMES WATERS THE CELESTIAL OX | [88] |
| BAS-RELIEF OF NARAM-SIN | [88] |
| SITTING STATUE OF GUDEA | [122] |
| MAP—THE FIRST ASSYRIAN EMPIRE | [135] |
| VIEW OF THE TEMPLE OF UR IN ITS PRESENT STATE, ACCORDING TO LOFTUS | [141] |
| THE GARDENS AND HILL OF DHUSPAS OR VAN | [163] |
| THE RUINS OF A PALACE OF URARTU AT TOPRAK-KALEH | [166] |
| THE RUINS AT BOGHAZ KEUI | [174] |
| ONE OF THE PROCESSIONS IN THE RAVINE OF BOGHAZ | [176] |