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I. Coloured Lion at Khorsabad Frontispiece
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II. Kouyunjik and Nebi Yûnus (two views) 42
Nimrûd (Calah) 42
Khorsabad 42
III. Excavations at Nimrûd (Calah) in Ashur-naṣir-pal’s Palace 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 at Tellô 54
VI. Remains of a Stele in a building under that of Ur-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 and shapes of the Tablets, etc., used by the Babylonians and 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 of Laws 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 and lioness in a garden 218
XIX. Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes (two subjects) 218
XX. Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes: Hunting wild asses with dogs 220
Ashur-bani-pal pouring out a libation over dead 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; torso of 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, from Nimrûd 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