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Myths of Babylonia and Assyria, by Donald A. MacKenzie, [1915], at sacred-texts.com


p. xvii

PLATES IN MONOCHROME

 

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EXAMPLES OF RACIAL TYPES facing
 From a drawing by E. Wallcousins

2

STATUE OF A ROYAL PERSONAGE OR OFFICIAL OF NON-SEMITIC ORIGIN

12

WORSHIP OF THE MOON GOD (CYLINDER-SEAL)

50

WINGED MAN-HEADED LION
 From N.W. Palace of Nimroud

62

TWO FIGURES OF DEMONS

72

WINGED HUMAN-HEADED COW(?)
 From Kouyunjik (Nineveh)

100

CYLINDER-SEAL IMPRESSIONS SHOWING MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEITIES

106

PLAQUE OF UR-NINA

116

SILVER VASE DEDICATED TO THE GOD NIN-GIRSU BY ENTEMENA

120

STELE OF NARAM SIN

128

GUDEA
 From the statue in the Louvre, Paris

130

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"THE SEVEN TABLETS OF CREATION" facing
 From the library of Ashur-bani-pal at Kouyunjik (Nineveh)

138

SLIPPER-SHAPED COFFIN, MADE OF GLAZED EARTHENWARE

214

STELE OF HAMMURABI, WITH "CODE OF LAWS"

222

HAMMURABI RECEIVING THE "CODE OF LAWS" FROM THE SUN GOD

248

THE HORSE IN WARFARE (ASHUR-NATSIR-PAL AND ARMY ADVANCING
 Marble slab from N.W. Palace of Nimroud

270

LETTER FROM TUSHRATTA, KING OF MITANNI, TO AMENHOTEP III, KING OF EGYPT

280

THE GOD NINIP AND ANOTHER DEITY

302

SYMBOLS OF DEITIES AS ASTRONOMICAL SIGNS
 From sculptured stone in the British Museum

306

ASHUR SYMBOLS

334

WINGED DEITIES KNEELING BESIDE A SACRED TREE
 Marble slab from N.W. Palace of Nimroud

340

EAGLE-HEADED WINGED DEITY (ASHUR)

344

ASSYRIAN KING HUNTING LIONS

384

TYRIAN GALLEY PUTTING OUT TO SEA
 Marble slab from Kouyunjik (Nineveh)

388

STATUE OF ASHUR-NATSIR-PAL
 From S.W. Palace of Nimroud

396

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DETAILS FROM SECOND SIDE OF BLACK OBELISK OF SHALMANESER III facing

410

STATUE OF NEBO, DEDICATED BY ADAD-NIRARI IV AND THE QUEEN SAMMU-RAMMAT

422

TIGLATH-PILESER IV IN HIS CHARIOT

446

COLOSSAL WINGED AND HUMAN-HEADED BULL AND MYTHOLOGICAL BEING
 From doorway in Palace of Sargon at Khorsabad

456

ASSAULT ON THE CITY OF . . .ALAMMU (JERUSALEM) BY THE ASSYRIANS UNDER SENNACHERIB
 Marble slab from Kouyunjik (Nineveh)

468

ASHUR-BANI-PAL RECLINING IN A BOWER
 Marble slab from Kouyunjik (Nineveh)

486

PERSIANS BRINGING CHARIOTS, RINGS, AND WREATHS
 Bas-relief from Persepolis

494

MAP OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA

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