A History of Babylon, from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian ConquestKing, L. W. (Leonard William)
History
A History of Babylon, from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian Conquest
King, L. W. (Leonard William)
Babylonia -- History
20. Ground-plan of the temple of Ninib; after Andrae
27. Ground-plan of E-temen-anki and E-sagila; after Wetzel
28. Conjectural reconstruction of E-temen-anki and E-sagila;
after Andrae
29. Ground-plan of E-zida and the temple-tower of Nabû at
Borsippa; after Koldewey
30. Rough engraving of a temple-tower upon a boundary-stone
31. Plan of the Merkes Mound, showing part of the street
network of Babylon; after Koldewey
32-33. Arabs of the seventh century B.C., from a sculpture
in the Nineveh Gallery of the British Museum
34. Head of an archaic limestone figure from Ashur
35-30. Heads of archaic figures from Ashur and Tello
37-39. Examples of archaic sculpture from Ashur and Tello,
exhibiting the same convention in the treatment of woollen
garments
40. The Old Babylonian form of plough in use; after Clay
41. Assyrian kelek on the Tigris; after La yard
42. The Assyrian prototype of the gufa; from a bas-relief in
the British Museum
43. Assyrian raft of logs on the Tigris; from a bas-relief
in the British Museum
44. Swamp in Southern Babylonia, or the Sea-Country; after a
bas-relief at Nineveh
45. The zebu or humped oxen of the Sea-Country; after a
bas-relief from Nineveh in the British Museum
40. Akhenaten, with his queen and infant daughters, on the
balcony of their palace; after N. de G. Davies
47-48. Representations of Hittites in Egyptian sculpture;
after Meyer
49. Hittite foot-soldiers at the Battle of Kadesh; after
Meyer
50. Hittite chieftain, a captive of Rameses III.; after Meyer
51. Figure, probably of a Hittite king, from the Royal Gate
at Khatti; after a photo, by Puchstein
52. The Royal Gate of Khatti, the capital of the Hittites,
viewed from the outside; after Puchstein
53. Conjectural restoration of a Hittite gateway viewed from
outside; after Puchstein
54. Longitudinal section of the Lower Western Gateway at
Khatti; after Puchstein
55. Transverse section of the Lower Western Gateway at
Khatti; after Puchstein
56. One of the two sacred boats of Khonsu, the Egyptian
Moongod, who journeyed into Cappadocia to cast out a devil
from a Hittite princess; after Rosellini
57. Rameses II. offering incense to one of the boats of
Khonsu before he started on his journey; after Rosellini
58. Scene representing Nabû-mukîn-apli sanctioning a
transfer of landed property
59. Marduk and his dragon from a votive offering of
Marduk-zakir-shum; after Weissbach
60. The Assyrian army in Chaldea, 851 B.C.; from the Gates
of Shalmaneser in the British Museum
61. A Chaldean town of the ninth century B.C.; from the
Gates of Shalmaneser
62-63. The tribute of the Chaldeans; from the Gates of
Shalmaneser
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