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to work under the stick, and the building of mounds was 

 one of the wholesome occupations to which the Jews 

 were set during their captivity in Assyria (Fig. 95). 



FIG. 95. Captives Building a Platform-mound. From " Assyria," 

 Story of the Nations. 



On the mound of Kojundjik stood two great palaces, 

 one of them that of King Assurbanipal. It was evidently 

 not merely a royal residence, for one of its chambers at 

 least was devoted to public purposes ; this was the king's 



