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G P PUTNAM Co NEW YORK NORTH-EASTERN FACADE AND GRAND ENTRANCE OF - photo 1

G P PUTNAM & Co NEW YORK.
NORTH-EASTERN FACADE AND GRAND ENTRANCE OF SENNACHERIBS PALACE KOUYUNJIK
Restored from a Sketch by J Fergusson, Esqre
DISCOVERIES
AMONG THE RUINS OF
NINEVEH AND BABYLON;
WITH
TRAVELS IN ARMENIA, KURDISTAN, AND THE DESERT:
BEING THE RESULT OF A SECOND EXPEDITION
UNDERTAKEN FOR
THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
BY
AUSTEN H. LAYARD, M. P.
AUTHOR OF NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin; a palace
of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Isaiah xxv. 2.
ABRIDGED FROM THE LARGER WORK.
NEW-YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
1853.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by
GEORGE P. PUTNAM & CO.,
In the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of
New-York.

PREFATORY NOTE.
The present Abridgment of Mr. Layards Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon has been prepared with much care and attention; and a studious effort has been made to retain, in the Authors own language, the more interesting and important portions of the larger work. This has been done by omitting the greater part of the minute details of the descriptions of sculpture and monumental remains, by dispensing with several tables of cuneiform characters, elaborate examinations of various matters by scientific men, &c. At the same time there has been retained every thing relating to the Bible, and illustrating and enforcing its truth and the fulfilment of prophecy; as well as the genial and life-like portraitures of Arab habits and customs, and the pleasant adventures of the Author in regions that to most men seem like fairy land.
For general use it is confidently hoped and believed that the present volume will be more widely serviceable than the larger work, from its expensiveness and size, could possibly be.
S.
New-York, May 2d, 1853.

PREFACE.
Since the publication of my first work on the discoveries at Nineveh much progress has been made in deciphering the cuneiform character, and the contents of many highly interesting and important inscriptions have been given to the public. For these additions to our knowledge we are mainly indebted to the sagacity and learning of two English scholars, Col. Rawlinson and the Rev. Dr. Hincks. In making use of the results of their researches, I have not omitted to own the sources from which my information has been derived. I trust, also, that I have in no instance availed myself of the labors of other writers, or of the help of friends, without due acknowledgments. I have endeavored to assign to every one his proper share in the discoveries recorded in these pages.
I am aware that several distinguished French scholars, amongst whom I may mention my friends, M. Botta and M. de Saulcy, have contributed to the successful deciphering of the Assyrian inscriptions. Unfortunately I have been unable to consult the published results of their investigations. If, therefore, I should have overlooked in any instance their claims to prior discovery, I have to express my regret for an error arising from ignorance, and not from any unworthy national prejudice.
Doubts appear to be still entertained by many eminent critics as to the progress actually made in deciphering the cuneiform writing. These doubts may have been confirmed by too hasty theories and conclusions, which, on subsequent investigation, their authors have been the first to withdraw. But the unbiased inquirer can scarcely now reject the evidence which can be brought forward to confirm the general accuracy of the interpretations of the inscriptions. Had they rested upon a single word, or an isolated paragraph, their soundness might reasonably have been questioned; when, however, several independent investigators have arrived at the same results, and have not only detected numerous names of persons, nations, and cities in historical and geographical series, but have found them mentioned in proper connection with events recorded by sacred and profane writers, scarcely any stronger evidence could be desired. The reader, I would fain hope, will come to this conclusion when I treat of the contents of the various records discovered in the Assyrian palaces.
To Mr. Thomas Ellis, who has added so much to the value of my work by his translations of inscriptions on Babylonian bowls, now for the first time, through his sagacity, deciphered; to those who have assisted me in my labors, and especially to my friend and companion, Mr. Hormuzd Rassam, to the Rev. Dr. Hincks, to the Rev. S. C. Malan, who has kindly allowed me the use of his masterly sketches, to Mr. Fergusson, Mr. Scharf, and to Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Birch, Mr. Vaux, and the other officers of the British Museum, I beg to express my grateful thanks and acknowledgments.
London, January, 1853.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
N. E. Faade and Entrance to Sennacheribs Palace, restored
The Melek Taous or Copper Bird of the Yezidis
Subterranean Excavations at Kouyunjik
Mound of Nimroud
Head-dress of Captives employed by Assyrians in moving Bull (Kouyunjik)
Village with Conical Roofs near Aleppo
Bulls with Historical Inscriptions of Sennacherib (Kouyunjik)
Sennacherib on his Throne before Lachish
Feet of Tripods in Bronze and Iron
A Captive (of the Tokkari?) Kouyunjik
Lion discovered at Arban
Volcanic Cone of Koukab
Entrance to small Temple (Nimroud)
Fish-God at Entrance to small Temple (Nimroud)
Kurds of Wan
Figures of Assyrian Venus in baked Clay
The Mujelib or Kasr (from Rich)
Plan of part of the Ruins of Babylon on the Eastern Bank of the Euphrates
Jug of Soapstone, from the Mound of Babel
Assyrian Pedestal, from Kouyunjik
Part of Colossal Head, from Kouyunjik
Plan of the Inclosure Walls and Ditches at Kouyunjik
Map of Assyria, etc.
General Map of Mesopotamia

CONTENTS.
The Trustees of the British Museum resume Excavations at Nineveh.Departure from Constantinople.Description of our Party.Roads from Trebizond to Erzeroom.Description of the Country.Armenian Churches.Erzeroom.Reshid Pasha.The Dudjook Tribes.Shahan Bey.Turkish Reform.Journey through Armenia.An Armenian Bishop.The Lakes of Shailu and Nazik
The Lake of Wan.Akhlat.Tatar Tombs.Ancient Remains.A Dervish.A Friend.The Mudir.Armenian Remains.An Armenian Convent and Bishop.Journey to Bitlis.Nimroud Dagh.Bitlis.Journey to Kherzan.Yezidi Village
Reception by the Yezidis.Village of Guzelder.Triumphal March to Redwan.Redwan.Armenian Church.The Melek Taous, or Brazen Bird.Tilleh.Valley of the Tigris.Bas-reliefs.Journey to Dereboun.To Semil.Abde Agha.Journey to Mosul.The Yezidi Chiefs.Arrival at Mosul.Xenophons March from the Zab to the Black Sea
State of the Excavations on my Return to Mosul.Discoveries at Kouyunjik.Tunnels in the Mound.Bas-reliefs representing Assyrian Conquests.A Well.Siege of a City.Nature of Sculptures at Kouyunjik.Arrangement for Renewal of Excavations.Description of Mound.Kiamil Pasha.Visit to Sheikh Adi.Yezidi Ceremonies.Sheikh Jindi.Yezidi Meeting.Dress of the Women.Bavian.Doctrines of the Yezidi.Jerraiyah.Return to Mosul
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