[36] [P. 66.] I assume the building to be due north and south, although it is not so. It faces nearly north-east and south-west.
[37] In my former work I had stated that all the Assyrian sculptures were carved in their places against the walls of the building.
[38] I have described the mode of irrigation now generally employed by the Mesopotamian Arabs, in my “Nineveh and its Remains,” vol. ii. p. 321.
[39] It may be remarked, that precisely the same framework was used for moving the great sculptures in the British Museum.
[41] Although in these bas-reliefs, as in other Assyrian sculptures, no regard is paid to perspective, the proportions are very well kept.
[42] 1 Kings, vi. 23. I shall hereafter compare the edifices built by Solomon with the Assyrian palaces, and point out the remarkable illustrations of the Jewish temple afforded by the latter.
[43] A peculiar deity is mentioned who probably presided over the earth, but his name is as yet unknown; it is here denoted by a monogram.
[44] Nahum, iii. 13.