The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . No. I. Assyrian altar (?), from a bas-relief, Khorsabad. Chap. VI. ASSYRIAN TEMPLES. 381 ww\/i.,/voyvA,/w •^/\rj^y\j\/\j^^s^y\ /\/\. No. II. Assyrian temple (Khorsabad). by No. I. It has been called a fishing pavilion ; *but it is most probably a small temj)le,since it bears a good deal of resemblanceto other representations which are un-doubted temples, as (particularly) toNo. III., which is from Lord Aberdeensblack stone, and is there accompani

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The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . No. I. Assyrian altar (?), from a bas-relief, Khorsabad. Chap. VI. ASSYRIAN TEMPLES. 381 ww\/i.,/voyvA,/w •^/\rj^y\j\/\j^^s^y\ /\/\. No. II. Assyrian temple (Khorsabad). by No. I. It has been called a fishing pavilion ; *but it is most probably a small temj)le,since it bears a good deal of resemblanceto other representations which are un-doubted temples, as (particularly) toNo. III., which is from Lord Aberdeensblack stone, and is there accompaniedby a priest, a sacred tree, and an ox forsacrifice.^ The representation (No. TV.)is also thought to be a temple. It is ofearlier date than any of the others, being

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