The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . Bronze mTOw-heads (Ninirud ami Kojunjik).Fig. 5 AuajTian Arrow. cir. IX.] TIGLATII-PILESER I.—IIIS WARS. 383 monarchs; the illustrious chief, who, under the auspices of theSun-god, beingJiinied with the sceptre and girt r/ith the girdleof power over mankind, rules over all the ?leonle of Bel; themighty prince, whose praise is blazoned forth among the kings;the exalted sovereign, whose servants Asshur has
The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . Bronze mTOw-heads (Ninirud ami Kojunjik).Fig. 5 AuajTian Arrow. cir. IX.] TIGLATII-PILESER I.—IIIS WARS. 383 monarchs; the illustrious chief, who, under the auspices of theSun-god, beingJiinied with the sceptre and girt r/ith the girdleof power over mankind, rules over all the ?leonle of Bel; themighty prince, whose praise is blazoned forth among the kings;the exalted sovereign, whose servants Asshur has appointed tothe government of the four regions, and whose name he hasmade celebrated to posterity; the conqueror of many plainsand mountains of the Upper and Lower country; the victorioushero, the terror of whose name has overwhelmed all regituls ;the bright constellation who, as he wished, has Avarred againstforeign countries, and under the auspices of Bel—there beingno equal to him—has subdued the enemies of Asshur. The royal historian, after this introduction, proceeds tonarrate his actions—first in general terms declaring that hehas subdued all the lands and the peoples round about, andthen proceeding to particularize the various cam
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