. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. untains. It is doubtful whether these walls belonged to a chamber,or formed part of the southern face of the palace, as theywere on the very brink of the platform. At right angles tothem, to the west, a pair of winged bulls opened upon an-other wall, of which there were scarcely any remains, andmidway between the two entrances was a deep doorway,^flanked on both sides by four colossal mythic figures, amongstwhich were the fish-godand the deity with thelions head and eaglesfeet. It led to
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. untains. It is doubtful whether these walls belonged to a chamber,or formed part of the southern face of the palace, as theywere on the very brink of the platform. At right angles tothem, to the west, a pair of winged bulls opened upon an-other wall, of which there were scarcely any remains, andmidway between the two entrances was a deep doorway,^flanked on both sides by four colossal mythic figures, amongstwhich were the fish-godand the deity with thelions head and eaglesfeet. It led to an ascend-ing passage, betweennine and ten feet wide,and forty-four feet inlength, paved with hardlime or plaster aboutan inch and a half thick,the walls of which werebuilt of the finest sun-dried bricks, admirablyfitted together. Threerows of square projec-tions, each formed bytwo bricks, were carried along both sides of this and there were circular holes purposely cut into thebrickwork. These projections may have supported shelveson which the archives and other public documents were de-. Colossal Figures at au Entrance. (Kouyunjik.) * No. LX. Plan I. + In No. XXXVIIr. same Plan. % Entrance b. No. LX. S See page 166. 2s8 NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap. posited, for it was in this passage that were discovered thedetached seals described in a former chapter. This incHned way probably led to the upper chambers ofthe palace, or to the galleries which may have been carriedround the principal chambers and halls. I have only to describe two more rooms discovered in thispart of the ruins during the summer. * They opened intothe chamber parallel with that containing the sculpturedrecords of the son of Esarhaddon. The entrances to bothwere formed by two pairs of colossal figures in bold relief, each
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