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commemorate apparently the expedition of Sennacherib into Southern 
Babylonia against Merodach Baladan, the same king, probably, who 
is mentioned in Scripture as having sent letters and a present to 
Hezekiah, and to whose messengers the Jewish monarch exhibited all 
the treasures of his house. The campaign is represented in the bas- 
relief as occurring in a marshy district ; a stream, probably that of 
the Euphrates, is seen filled with islands overgrown with reeds, 
or jungle; in the water appear numerous fish and crabs; upon the 
islands many of the enemy have taken refuge, whilst the Assyrians 
pursue them in boats ; and to the right (Nos. 6, 7, 8), on the banks 
of the stream, are collected the prisoners and spoil. 
Nos. 15, 16, 17. A series, of which the upper portion is lost, repre- 
senting the return from a battle. 
Nos. 20-29. Part of a series, representing the siege of a fortified 
city by the Assyrians. The city is seen on Slab No. 25, planted on a 
high dome-shaped hill, whilst the assailants advance on each side to 
scale the walls with ladders. On Nos. 27-29 are represented the 
results of the contest, the triumph of the besiegers, and the col- 
lection of prisoners, apparently Jews, and spoil. The whole of this 
series is blackened by fire. 
Nos. 34-43. Part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the 
two walls of a long narrow gallery, leading, by an inclined plane, from 
Kouyunjik towards the Tigris. On the one side, descending the slope, 
were fourteen horses, led by grooms ; on the other, ascending into the 
palace, were servitors bearing food for a banquet. The figures are 
somewhat smaller than life, designed with much freedom and truth ; 
and by comparison with the Panathenaic frieze in the Elgin Pioom, 
they may furnish a good point of view for estimating the capa- 
bilities and defects of Assyrian art. No. 39, on which is seen a 
marshal or chamberlain with a staff, was originally placed, as here, at a 
projection in the wall. Amongst the attendants or servitors, represented 
on Nos. 41-43, is one bearing in each hand a rod with two rows of 
dried locusts, which are to this day used as food by the Arabs. The 
other attendants carry wine-skins, birds, pomegranates, and other fruit. 
No. 44. A semicircular-headed slab, with a small mutilated figure, 
standing before a table of offerings, near which are various symbols. 
The lower part of the slab contains an inscription relating to the 
buildings of Sennacherib. 
Next follow six slabs (Nos. 45—50), of a hard, fossiliferous 
limestone, and of which the surface is in high preservation. 
The}'' were sculptured under Assur-bani-abla, or Assurbanipal, 
and represent the victories of that monarch over the Elamites, 
or inhabitants of Susiana. 
The firsc three slabs, Nos. 45-47, represent a battle between the 
forces of Assur-bani-abla and Te-umman, King of Elam, on the plain 
between the river Eulseus and the city of Shushan. The successive 
