Note 269 — Chapter II · SCULPTURE. (continued 3)

The bas-reliefs of Malthaï have been described by Layard (Nineveh, vol. i. pp. 230, 231), and, with greater minuteness, by Place (Ninive, vol. ii. pp. 153–160). The latter alone gives a reproduction of them, made from photographs. Between the two accounts there is one considerable discrepancy: Layard speaks of four groups of nine figures each, Place of three only.