. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. he veins and muscles were accuratelyportrayed, and the outline ofthe body was not deficient intruth. But the forepart of theanimal, which was in full, wasnarrow and cramped, and un-equal in dignity to the the general treatment thesculpture resembles the archaicmonuments of Greece, and itis on this account peculiarlyinteresting. In it, indeed, wemay perhaps trace those con-ventional forms from which theGreek artist first derived hisideal lion.* This gateway, about eightfeet wide, w
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. he veins and muscles were accuratelyportrayed, and the outline ofthe body was not deficient intruth. But the forepart of theanimal, which was in full, wasnarrow and cramped, and un-equal in dignity to the the general treatment thesculpture resembles the archaicmonuments of Greece, and itis on this account peculiarlyinteresting. In it, indeed, wemay perhaps trace those con-ventional forms from which theGreek artist first derived hisideal lion.* This gateway, about eightfeet wide, was ])ave(l with oneslab, on which was a part of theusual inscri])tion containingthe annals of height of the hons wasabout 8 feet, and their lengththirteen. An inscription wascarved across them. In frontof them, in the corners formedby walls projecting at rightangles with the entrance, weretwo altars, hollow at the top,and ornamented with gradinesresembling the battlements ofa castle, f The exterior wallsappeared to have been adorned with enamelled bricks, many of which still Statue of King from Temple. (Nimroud.; * Plate 2, 2ntl series of Monuments of Xineveli. One of these lionsis now in tiie British Museum. + An altar nearly similar in shape is seen on the top of a hill, in abas-relief at Khorsabad, Botta, plate l6. VII.] FIGURE OF THE KING. 183 The lion portal led into a chamber 57 feet by 25.* Atone end was a recess similar to that in the opposite temple,and also paved with one great alabaster slab, 19J ft. by 12 ft.,inscribed on both sides. The inscriptions were nearly thesame as those on both monoliths. Above the great inscribed slab was found an interestingfigure of the king, attired as high priest in his sacrificialrobes, 3 feet 4 inches high, and cut in a hard, compact In his right hand he held an instrument resemblinga sickle, and in his left the sacred mace. On his breastwas an inscription with his name and titles, and descri
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