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disarmed opponent; another, beneath, is slaughtering one of the van¬ 
quished ; an eagle flies over the foremost chariot, and dead bodies are 
scattered ab )ut. 
7 6, 8 6, 9 6, represent the passage of a river by the Assyrian army. 
To the teft are warriors preparing for embarkation, or for swimming; 
one man is inflating a skin, another is trying whether a skin is suffi¬ 
ciently filled with air; a third is assisting to lift a chariot on board 
a boat. In the water appear, scattered wherever space will admit, 
men swimming upon skins, fishes, and small round^bottomed boats 
bearing chariots, with the horses swimming behind, and the boatmen 
guiding them by halters. On the third slab (9 b) is the royal galley, 
with three rowers and a steersman, aided by two men towing it from 
the shore; on board is the king standing in his chariot, holding two 
arrows in his hand, and attended by two eunuchs bearing his arms. 
10 5, 116, are part of a subject originally comprising 3 slabs, and 
part of a fourth (13 6); but the third slab was discovered in so shat¬ 
tered a condition, that Mr. Layard did not attempt its removal. It is 
here supplied by a painting in chiaroscuro, after a copy made by Mr. 
Layard on the spot. The left-hand portion (10 6) represents the 
capitulation of a city; women appear on the battlements, which are, as 
usual, serrated : three Assyrian chariots are seen in procession below. 
In front of them, attended by a parasol-bearer, stands the victorious 
king, holding in his right hand two arrows, in his left a bow; above 
appears the ferouher; a chieftain addresses the king, presenting to him 
captives and spoils of war, — a subject treated very similarly to No. 6 6. 
The last portion of the composition extends over part of the slab 
No. 13 6, where females, tearing their hair, and accompanied by a 
child, terminate the train of prisoners; in the space above these are 
captured cattle. 
11 a, 12 a, 13 a, represent the return to camp. To the left is a 
ground-plan of a circular building, flanked by bastions, and divided 
into four symmetrical apartments; within each is a composition of one 
or more figures preparing food. Adjoining is a tent, within which a 
groom is cleaning a horse with a curry-comb; in front three other 
horses are feeding at a trough. To the right, an eunuch receives four 
male prisoners, brought in by a soldier. In the space above these are 
two men> apparently mimes, wearing lions’ skins; one of them is 
dancing, wdth a whip or thong in his hand; beside them is a minstrel 
playing a guitar. Next (12 a) are two men bearing heads of the 
slain, and three musicians with lyres and cymbals; below these, a 
group of figures counting the heads of the decapitated. Then follows 
the triumphal procession of royal chariots; over the first flies an eagle, 
with a human head in his claws. The chariot of the king (13 a) is 
preceded by a conductor, and a footsoldier; within it is the king, 
holding up two arrows, and accompanied by his parasol-bearer; above, 
the ferouher. A mounted warrior follows, leading a spare horse; in 
the field above are two footsoldiers, and two dead bodies. 
14 a, 16 a. A battle before the walls of a city or fortress. Two 
Assyrian chariots, bearing archers and standard-bearers, are pursuing 
one belonging to the enemy, which is flying towards the city; its 
charioteer, pierced with an arrow, turns to ask quarter, whilst one of his 
horses is falling, and the other two are plunging desperately. In the 
