The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . No. temple, taken from a slab belonging to the fom Lord Aberdeens black stone. ^ Fergusson, Handbook of Archi-tecture, p. 179. * See the representation in Mr. Fergussons Palaces of Nineveh Re-stored, p. 298. This black stone isof the time of Esar-haddon. 2 c 2 388 THE SECOND MONARCHY. Chap. VI. North-west Palace at Nimrud, and is remarkable inmany ways. First, the want of symmetry is curious, and unusual. Irregu-lar as are the palace
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . No. temple, taken from a slab belonging to the fom Lord Aberdeens black stone. ^ Fergusson, Handbook of Archi-tecture, p. 179. * See the representation in Mr. Fergussons Palaces of Nineveh Re-stored, p. 298. This black stone isof the time of Esar-haddon. 2 c 2 388 THE SECOND MONARCHY. Chap. VI. North-west Palace at Nimrud, and is remarkable inmany ways. First, the want of symmetry is curious, and unusual. Irregu-lar as are the palaces of the Assyrian kings,there is for the mostpart no want of regu-larity in their sacredbuildings. The twospecimens above ad-duced are proof of this;and such remains ofactual temples as existare in accordance withthe sculptures in this particular. The right-handaisle in No. TV., having nothing correspondent to iton the other side, is thus an anomaly in Assyriansacred architecture. The patterning of the pillarswith chevrons is also remarkable; and their capitals. No. IV. Ass^rian temple (Nimrud). i^vw\;VW.,WWV
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