. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. ere discovered two circular metal vessels, nearly six feet indiameter, and about two feet deep, which I can only comparewith the brazen sea that stood in the temjjle of Solomon.§ Behind the cauldrons was a heap of curious and interestingobjects. In one place were piled, one above the other,bronze cups, bowls, and dishes of various sizes and shapes. * Zech. xiv. 20. + Tripod-stands, consisting of a circular ring raised upon feet, to holdjars and vases, are frequently represented in the bas
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. ere discovered two circular metal vessels, nearly six feet indiameter, and about two feet deep, which I can only comparewith the brazen sea that stood in the temjjle of Solomon.§ Behind the cauldrons was a heap of curious and interestingobjects. In one place were piled, one above the other,bronze cups, bowls, and dishes of various sizes and shapes. * Zech. xiv. 20. + Tripod-stands, consisting of a circular ring raised upon feet, to holdjars and vases, are frequently represented in the bas-reliefs. (See par-ticularly Bottas large work, Plate 141.) The rings were of iron, boundin some places with copper, and the feet of iron cased in bronze. + Resembling those of the eunuch waniors in Plate 28 of the ist seriesof the Monuments of Nineveh. § 2 Chron. iv. 2. The dimensions, however, of tins vessel were fargreater. It is singular that, in some of the bas-reliefs, large metal caul-drons supported on brazen oxen, like those in Solomons temple, arerepresented. 6o NL\EVEH AND BABYLON. [ Handles of Bronze Di?hes, from Nimroud.
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