. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. e most partin excellent condition, not having been exposed to firelike those in the palace of Sennacherib. Of the buildingitself the remains of some halls and chambers were unco-vered, and probably a considerable part of it yet remains tobe explored. The most important bas-reliefs discovered by Mr. H. Rassam, and sent to this country, are those representing hunting scenes, in which the king takes the principal part, now placed in tlie Assyrian collection in the basement floor * Nineveh an
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. e most partin excellent condition, not having been exposed to firelike those in the palace of Sennacherib. Of the buildingitself the remains of some halls and chambers were unco-vered, and probably a considerable part of it yet remains tobe explored. The most important bas-reliefs discovered by Mr. H. Rassam, and sent to this country, are those representing hunting scenes, in which the king takes the principal part, now placed in tlie Assyrian collection in the basement floor * Nineveh and its Remains, p. 244. INTRODUCTION. XXUl of the British Museum. For extreme deUcacy and minute-ness of execution, and for remarkable truth to nature andvigour of treatment in the delineation of animals, they areequal if not superior to any other sculptures brought fromAssyria. In that which constitutes the highest quality ofart, in variety of detail and ornament, in attempts at compo-sition, in severity of style, and purity of outline, they areinferior to the earliest Assyrian monuments with which we. Hound held in Leash. are acquainted—those from the north-west palace at Nim-roud. They bear, indeed, the same relation to them as thelater Egyptian monuments do to cne earlier. In these bas-reliefs Asshur-bani-pal is seen hunting thelion, sometimes engaged in close combat with the animal,and in pursuing the wild ass, the stag, and the gazelle. Asusual in the sculptures adorning the walls of the Assyrianpalaces of the later period, the sculptor has endeavoured toportray all the incidents of the events which he is have first the preparation for the chase. Huntsmen are XXIV INTRODUCTION. seen leading the dogs or hounds in leashes, and men andmules are laden with the nets, ropes, and gins which wereused in the capture of deer, gazelles, and wild asses. The king appears to be represented as hunting in the parksor preserves attached to the royal palaces, which were stock
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