ILLUSTRATIONS
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| I. | Coloured Lion at Khorsabad | [Frontispiece] |
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| II. | Kouyunjik and Nebi Yûnus (two views) | [42] |
| Nimrûd (Calah) | [42] | |
| Khorsabad | [42] | |
| III. | Excavations at Nimrûd (Calah) in Ashur-naṣir-pal’sPalace | [44] |
| IV. | “Fish-God,” and Entrance Passage, Kouyunjik | [48] |
| V. | Doorway at Tellô, erected by Gudea | [54] |
South-eastern façade of Ur-Ninâ’s building atTellô | [54] | |
| VI. | Remains of a Stele in a building under that ofUr-Ninâ | [58] |
| The Well of Eannatum | [58] | |
| VII. | Excavations In the Temple Court: Nippur | [64] |
| VIII. | The Ziggurat and Palace of Ashur-naṣir-pal,Ashur | [78] |
| IX. | Inscriptions on clay illustrating the sizes andshapes of the Tablets, etc., used by the Babyloniansand Assyrians | [106] |
| X. | The Ruined Mounds of Nippur | [132] |
| Court of the Men from the North-East, Nippur | [132] | |
| XI. | Water Conduit of Ur-Engur, Nippur | [138] |
| XII. | Portion of the “Vulture Stele” of Eannatum,Patesi of Lagash | [186] |
| XIII. | Stele of Victory of Narâm-Sin | [192] |
| XIV. | Stele engraved with Khammurabi’s Code ofLaws | [198] |
| The Sun-God Tablet | [198] | |
| XV. | Bas-relief of Ashur-naṣir-pal | [202] |
| XVI. | Bas-reliefs of Ashur-naṣir-pal (four subjects) | [204] |
| XVII. | Siege of a City by battering-ram and archers | [206] |
| XVIII. | Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes: Lion andlioness in a garden | [218] |
| XIX. | Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes (two subjects) | [218] |
| XX. | Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes: Huntingwild asses with dogs | [220] |
Ashur-bani-pal pouring out a libation overdead lions | [220] | |
| XXI. | Ashur-bani-pal reclining at meat | [222] |
| Musicians and Attendants | [222] | |
| XXII. | Limestone figure of an early Sumerian | [224] |
| Three archaic stone heads | [224] | |
| XXIII. | Head and two diorite statues of Gudea;upper part of female statuette | [228] |
| XXIV. | Statues of Nebo and Ashur-naṣir-pal; torsoof a woman | [230] |
| XXV. | Winged man-headed genii | [236] |
| XXVI. | Stone lion of Ashur-naṣir-pal | [238] |
| XXVII. | The Kasr lion | [240] |
| XXVIII. | Miscellaneous objects of bronze, fromNimrûd | [254] |
| XXIX. | Bronze bowl, from Nimrûd | [256] |
| XXX. | Decorated arch at Khorsabad | [278] |
| XXXI. | Glazed bricks | [282] |
| XXXII. | Ivory panels, from Nimrûd | [314] |
| XXXIII. | Pottery, from Nimrûd and Nineveh | [334] |