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is impossible to distinguish more than the principal incidents in the 
ensuing description. 
45. To the left is seen the side of a high arched mound, down which 
the invaders are driving the Elamites in confused rout. To the right 
the figures are disposed in four horizontal tiers. The highest, which is 
greatly mutilated, represents some of the victors torturing or slaying 
their prisoners. In the next tier below is a chariot, apparently taken 
from the enemy, as it differs in construction from the Assyrian ; four 
of the conquering party, seated within it, are galloping from the field. 
Above this is a mutilated inscription, containing originally the name of 
the vanquished king; but this is now lost. Behind the chariot is a 
tent, the sides of which are supported by cords, but the covering is 
lost; within it are three captives, and two Assyrians receiving the 
heads of the slain. Other battle scenes occupy the two lower tiers, 
with the usual incidents of rout and slaughter. 
46. The tiers of sculpture are continued, but the uppermost is 
entirely lost. In the highest which remains, amongst heaps of the 
slain, is a chariot, from which the occupants have fallen, and with 
which the horses are entangled. Around and below appear trees, 
amongst which the slaughter is continued. In the middle of the slab 
is a mutilated inscription. 
47. Portions here remain of two upper tiers, presenting trains of 
captives, driven by soldiers; amongst them are women and children, 
the latter generally naked. Below, the same battle-scene is continued, 
in a mass of confusion, up to the banks of a river, probably the 
Eulaeus, which bounds the sculpture to the right, washing down men, 
horses, bows and quivers, amidst shoals of fish and crabs. The plain 
is strewn throughout with the dead and dying; on the upper part of 
the slab birds of prey are fastening on their remains. In the middle 
are twm inscriptions. 
The ne.\t three slabs are a continuation of the series, which, in the 
original chamber, was interrupted by a doorway between 47 and 48. 
The bas-reliefs represent the reception of prisoners and spoils by the 
victors. Each slab was divided horizontally into six tiers, of which 
the highest is now considerably mutilated, but the remainder are 
generally well preserved. 
48. At the top is part of a procession of warriors returning from the 
battle. In the second tier, in front of another procession, are two 
prisoners, ftistened by the hands and feet to pegs fixed in the ground, 
and flayed by the victors. Above this is an inscription. In the next 
tier, two led horses, two prisoners w'earing caps, with two Assyrian 
attendants, are ushered by an eunuch: before them are seen two 
of the vanquished, put to tortures. In the next tier a file of warriors 
is advancing, behind whom are fir-trees. In the fifth tier appears an 
Assyrian war-chariot, with two warriors behind it, on foot, raising 
their shields as if in exultation, and, in front, two led horses, with 
attendants. In the lowest tier is a mixed procession of troops;—to 
the left a horseman, with a spear; then a car, taken, apparently, from 
the enemy, with two heavily-armed soldiers beside it; then an Assyrian 
chariot, bearing two warriors; then attendants on foot. 
48*. Cast of an inscription at the back of. No. 48. 
49. A continuation of the preceding bas-relief.—In the highest 
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