Plate II.
BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
SCULPTURED RELIEF OF THE REIGN OF ASSUR-NAZIR-PAL; FOREIGNERS BRINGING TRIBUTE.
IVORY PANELS WITH LINE ENGRAVING; FROM NIMRUD.
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ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENTS OF PAINTED TERRA-COTTA; FROM NIMRUD.
SECTION OF BRONZE SHEATHING FROM GATES OF SHALMANESER II.
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SCULPTURED RELIEF OF THE REIGN OF ASSUR-BANI-PAL; MYTHOLOGICAL BEINGS IN CONFLICT.
PORTION OF SCULPTURED PAVING SLAB FROM A DOORWAY IN ASSUR-BANI-PAL'S PALACE AT KUYUNJIK (NINEVEH).
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STAMPED BRICK-INSCRIPTION OF BŪR-SIN, KING OF UR.
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LETTER FROM TUSHRATTA, KING OF MITANI, TO AMENOPHIS III.
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PRISM OF SENNACHERIB, INSCRIBED WITH HISTORICAL ANNALS OF HIS REIGN.
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TABLET FROM ASSUR-BANI-PAL'S LIBRARY, INSCRIBED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL TEXT.
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SPECIMENS OF BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN WRITING.
The objects, with the exception of those represented in the first three figures, are in the British Museum.
Photos, Mansell & Co.