A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . 1 ioo. li .UKi i:^. — iwo reliefs from the Obelisk of .shaluiaiit^t r iipicbtutiu-c Jehu pijingtribute, 842. London, British Museum. series of figures (Figs, 9-12) shows the king again, this timewithout weapons, as if he were at home at Calah, Avith his um-brella-bearer behind him, and his marshal recognizable by his him Jehu kisses the dust, several officers follow, and then,preceded by a man with arms raised aloft suppliantly, the tribute-bringers. The inscription of this relief represe
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . 1 ioo. li .UKi i:^. — iwo reliefs from the Obelisk of .shaluiaiit^t r iipicbtutiu-c Jehu pijingtribute, 842. London, British Museum. series of figures (Figs, 9-12) shows the king again, this timewithout weapons, as if he were at home at Calah, Avith his um-brella-bearer behind him, and his marshal recognizable by his him Jehu kisses the dust, several officers follow, and then,preceded by a man with arms raised aloft suppliantly, the tribute-bringers. The inscription of this relief representing Israelites reads: 68 THE A ASSYRIANS IN SYRIA AND PALESTINE. Tribute brought by Jehu, son of Oniri (, the Israelite), silverbars, gold bars, a golden cup, a golden amphora, golden goblets,golden pitchers, lead bars, a staff for the hand of the king, spear-shafts. The third row of the conquered shows two-humped camels. Fig. 13. — The Prince of Mimi and his servant. Marble rdiet from the palace atNinirud. London, British Museum. with leaders and drivers, a bull, a bull-headed rhinoceros, an ante-lope from Afghanistan, an elephant, and two men with an orang-outang and two hanuman (slnn^f mtrl/us). The men wear diademsand short fringed tunics. Finally follows a great ape with a. human RAMMAN-NIRARrs CONQUESTS. 69 face, probably the bruh, or Indian a[)e (^aiinid nr/ncstrinus), and asecond, whose face is surrounded ])y h)ck-lik(3 hair, the nianed ape,or wanderu {simia sileiius), both led in cliains. The inscriptionsays : Tribute imposed on the land of Muzri (in northern Syria),camels with two humps, an ox ol the river Sakia (an Indianbull), horses (probably wild asses), pirati (elephants ? ), apes, iidu-mu. The dress of the Muzri is very clearly indicated in a rehef ofAsurnaziri)al, f)n which we see their prince with a servant wholeads two apes (Fig. 13). The prince wears a pointed tiara en-wound ^\ith
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