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A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh; Including bas-reliefs from the palace of Sennacherib and bronzes from the ruins of Nimroud. From drawings made on the spot, during a second expedition to Assyria,

Creator:	Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894
Contributing Institution:	Vanderbilt University Divinity Library and ETANA
Description:	The greater part of the bas-reliefs of which representations are given in the following plates, were discovered in the ruins of the Palace of Sennacherib in the mound of Kouyunjik. Some are of the highest interest, as illustrative of events mentioned in Holy Writ. Others appear to record the co...

Monuments of Nineveh: from drawings made on the spot

Creator:	Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894
Contributing Institution:	Vanderbilt University Divinity Library and ETANA
Description:	100 plates illustrating sculptures and bas-reliefs discovered in the Assyrian ruins of Nimroud and Kouyunjik, and believed to be the remains fo the ancient city of Nineveh. The mounds containing them were on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, near the modern city of Mosul, and were excavated ...