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Title: The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback ..
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Newman, John Philip, 1826-1899
Subjects: Babylonia -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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s that have beendiscovered. By a careful study of these sculptures, itwas easy to learn what were the birds, the beasts, thefishes, the plants and flowers, the minerals and metals,the topography and landscape scenery of Assyria; thesize and features of the peoi3le; the style of the costumesworn ; and the peculiar features of the government of theNinevites. On the northern wall of the great hall of the palacewere a series of reliefs, which convey to the mind theskill of the artist and the state of mechanical sciencewhich then obtained. They represent the process oftransporting the great human-headed lions from thequarry whence the marble was taken to the place forwhich it was designed. There is the low, flat-bottomedboat floating on the river which conveyed the huge massto a point opposite the city; there are the strong cablesby which it is held in its place, and to which are at-tached smaller ropes held by a large body of men, whoare tracking the boat to its destination; there are the
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BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 303 task-masters, armed witli swords, who are placed overthe captives; and seated astride the stone is the over-seer, whose outstretched hands indicate that he is issu-ing his commands; there is the sledge on the river-bankon which the sculptured block is placed, to be hauled toits place in the palace. The sledge is impelled by le-vers, and dragged by men, over whose shoulders the ropesare passed. Beneath the sledge are placed rollers, to fa-cilitate the motion; and there is depicted the whole proc-ess by which the great image is elevated to its pedestal,by means of props, the wedge, the lever, and the pulley,with which the Assyrians were acquainted. In another hall was portrayed, with equal spirit andgreater detail, the siege of Lachish by Sennacherib andhis mighty army. The scene is in the land of the figand the vine. The besieged city is defended by doublewalls, with embattled towers and strong outworks. Thewarriors are drawn up before the beleaguered town:some

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