PHIGAL. SALOON.] GREEK SCULPTURES. 105 
man, wearing a crested helmet, pursued by two Assyrian horsemen, 
who are wounding his horse with their spears. 
Below this is a fragment of a subject representing a besieged city : a 
bucket lowered by a pulley is seen through the walls: one of the be¬ 
siegers is cutting its rope. 
Over the slabs is a head from a small statue, apparently of an 
eunuch; the nose, which was originally a separate piece let in, has 
been lost. 
On the adjoining Wall is a large bas-relief, divided horizontally into 
two tiers, the upper of which bears a representation of a strong city on a 
mound or hill, having walls with battlements and towers, and from which 
sheep, and captives bearing spoil, are being driven by Assyrian warriors. 
The lower scene represents a king in his chariot moving in proces¬ 
sion, part of another chariot appearing before him. The king is at¬ 
tended by a parasol-bearer and a charioteer, and his horses are led by 
two ushers. The inscription, w^hich separates the two tiers, mentions, 
according to Dr. Hincks, the receipt of tribute from Menahem, King 
of Israel, and seems therefore to prove that this sculpture was origi¬ 
nally executed for Pul, who invaded Samaria about 769 b.c. 
Above this is a slab on which are tw 7 o horsemen in conical helmets 
pursuing a third, and thrusting him from his horse with their spears. 
Behind is a vulture, bearing off the intestines of a fallen warrior. 
The door in the North side of this Room leads to the 
KOUYUNJIK SIDE-GALLERY. 
The sculptures intended to occupy this apartment, which were exca¬ 
vated by Mr. Layard in the Mound of Kouyunjik, nearly opposite 
Mosul, were so broken and dilapidated, chiefly from the action of fire, 
that considerable repairs will be necessary before they can be ready for 
exhibition. When this Side-Gallery is complete, Mr. Layard’s collec¬ 
tion will be seen in a continuous series, extending in a straight line to 
about 300 feet. 
The West Side of the Nimroud Central Saloon opens into the 
PHIGALEIAN SALOON. 
In two rows, one on either side of the Room, the following statues 
and busts are temporarily placed: — 
A statue of a satyr, formerly in the collection of the Rondinini 
Palace at Rome, and thence called the Rondinini Faun. The torso 
only is antique, and the restoration represents a satyr playing on the 
cymbals. 
A head of Apollo. 
A bust of Minerva, helmeted: on the top of the helmet is the ser¬ 
pent, sacred to her. 
No. 8*. A group of Bacchus and Ampelus. Found a.d. 177*2, 
near La Storta, on the road to Florence, about eight miles from Rome. 
A head of Minerva, helmeted. 
A statue of a Satyr. 
A head of Apollo, formerly in the Grimani Palace, at Venice. 
