. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . anding hatred. Now that theyhad come as enemies, they were restrained by no considera-tions of diplomacy: the city was systematically pillaged,and the booty found in it was so immense that the sacklasted an entire month. The royal treasury was emptied ofits gold and silver, its metals and the valuable objectswhich had been brought to it from Sumir, Accad, andKarduniash at successive periods from the most remoteages down to that day, in the course of the successfulinvasions conducted by the princes of Susa beyond theTigris; among them,
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . anding hatred. Now that theyhad come as enemies, they were restrained by no considera-tions of diplomacy: the city was systematically pillaged,and the booty found in it was so immense that the sacklasted an entire month. The royal treasury was emptied ofits gold and silver, its metals and the valuable objectswhich had been brought to it from Sumir, Accad, andKarduniash at successive periods from the most remoteages down to that day, in the course of the successfulinvasions conducted by the princes of Susa beyond theTigris; among them, the riches of the Babylonian temples, DESECRATION OF THE PROPHETIC STATUES 251 which Shamash-shumukin had lavished on Tiumman topurchase his support, being easily distinguishable. Thefurniture of the palace was sent to Nineveh in a longprocession; it comprised beds and chairs of ivory, andchariots encrusted with enamel and precious stones, thehorses of which were caparisoned with gold. The soldiersmade their way into the ziggurat, tore down the plates of. STATUES OF THE GODS CAEKIED OFF BY ASSYEIAN SOLDIERY. ruddy copper, violated the sanctuary, and desecrated theprophetic statues of the gods who dwelt within it, shroudedin the sacred gloom, and whose names were only uttered bytheir devotees with trembling lips. Shumudu, Lagamar,Partikira, Ammankasibar, Uduran, Sapak, Aipaksina, Bilala,Panintimri, and Kindakarpu, were now brought forth tothe light, and made ready to be carried into exile togetherwith their belongings and their priests. Thirty-two statuesof the kings, both ancient and modern, in silver, gold, 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Layaed, The Monuments of Nineveh. 252 THE POWER OF ASSYRIA AT ITS ZENITH bronze, and marble, escorted the gods on their exodus,among their number being those of Khumbfi,nigash, son ofUmbadara, Shutruk-nakhunta, and Tammaritu II., thesovereigns who had treated Assyria with the greatestindignity. The effigy of Khalludush was subjected tohumilia
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