ILLUSTRATIONS
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| I. | Coloured Lion at Khorsabad | [Frontispiece] |
| PLATES IN HALF-TONE | ||
| FACING PAGE | ||
| 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] |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
| FIGURE | PAGE |
| 1. Pictographs | [97] |
| 2. Pictographs | [99] |
| 3. Late Babylonian “squeeze” of an early inscription | [117] |
| 4. Brick-stamp of Narâm-Sin | [117] |
| 5. Clay covering of the “Sun-Tablet” | [117] |
| 6. Restoration of the temple at Nippur | [137] |
| 7. Restoration of the Anu-Adad temple at Ashur | [144] |
| 8. Restoration of Sargon’s palace at Khorsabad | [151] |
| 9. Domed roofs in Assyria | [155] |
| 10, 11. Terra-cotta drains | [159] |
| 12. Columnar piers at Tellô | [161] |
| 13. Large column capital; small column capital | [165] |
| 14. Columns (various) | [166] |
| 15. Early arch at Nippur | [170] |
| 16. Early arch at Tellô | [170] |
| 17. Corbelled arch at Nippur | [173] |
| 18. Round arch at Babylon | [173] |
| 19-22. Arched drains at Khorsabad | [174] |
| 23. Burial-vault at Ashur | [176] |
| 24. Burial-vault at Ur (Muḳeyyer) | [176] |
| 24a. Ziggurat on Assyrian bas-relief | [180] |
| 24b. Ziggurat at Khorsabad | [180] |
| 25. Six early bas-reliefs | [182] |
| 26. Stele of Ur-Ninâ and mace-head of Mesilim | [185] |
27. Two fragments of the “Vulture Stele”; littlesculptured block (Entemena’s reign) | [189] |
| 28. Five bas-reliefs, including one of Narâm-Sin | [194] |
| 29. Bas-relief of Sargon, king of Assyria | [209] |
| 30. Bas-relief of Sennacherib; removal of stone bull | [213] |
| 31. Sennacherib at Lachish | [215] |
| 32. Statue of Esar, king of Adab | [223] |
| 33. Early stone statue of a woman | [224] |
34. Statue of Manishtusu; seated figure of a woman;head of a woman | [225] |
| 35. Seated figure of Shalmaneser II | [231] |
36. Stone lion-head; figure of a dog; stone figure ofa human-headed bull inlaid with shell | [234] |
| 37. Copper spear-head; hollow copper tube | [243] |
| 38. Early copper figures | [245] |
39. Copper figures of Basket-bearers; copper figureof Gudea | [247] |
| 40. Figures and heads of animals in copper and bronze | [250] |
| 41. Two Assyrian swords; an Assyrian axe | [254] |
| 42. Bronze dish | [257] |
| 43, 44. Bronze gate-bands | [259], [260] |
| 45. Silver vase of Entemena | [265] |
| 46. Coloured clay relief lion from Babylon | [274] |
47. Coloured bull at Babylon; coloured bull at Nimrûd(Calah) | [275] |
48. Three cylinder seals; clay tablet bearing a seal-impression | [285] |
| 49-77. Impressions from cylinder-seals | [289]-307 |
| 78-83. Engravings on shells | [310]-312 |
| 84. Carved ivory panel from Nimrûd | [314] |
| 85. Early terra-cotta figures | [318] |
| 86. Terra-cotta figures of later date | [320] |
| 87. Terra-cotta figure of a dog | [323] |
| 88. Terra-cotta plaque showing dog with attendant | [323] |
| 89. Stone vase of Narâm-Sin | [328] |
| 90. Decorated stone vase of Gudea | [328] |
91. Three stone vessels, one of which bears an inscriptionof Sennacherib, and another the nameof Xerxes; small glass vessel of Sargon | [330] |
| 92, 93. Two early clay pots from Nippur | [332] |
| 94. Boomerang-shaped weapons | [342] |
| 95. Assyrian jewellery | [348] |
| 96, 97. Combs | [349] |
98, 99. Foot-spearman and Foot-archers of the firstAssyrian period | [350] |
| 100-102. Archers in the reign of Sargon | [351] |
| 103-105. Archers in the reign of Sennacherib | [352] |
| 106, 107. Assyrian cavalry | [354], [355] |
| 108. Assyrian chariotry | [356] |
| 109. Assyrian helmets and head-gears | [357] |
| 110. Assyrian weapons of offence | [358] |
| 111. Battering-rams and shields | [360] |
| 112. Naval equipment of the Assyrians | [362] |
| 113-115. Babylonian emblems | [396]-398 |
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