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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
a procession of two war-chariots, each containing one figure. A war¬ 
rior is leading the horses of the foremost chariot. 
The Fifth Compartment contains various fragments and portions of 
larger figures. 
1. Bearded head crowned with a horned cap. 
2. Bust of figure, in mottled marble, holding up both his hands, and 
wearing a conical cap. 
3. Head of a figure wearing a tiara of rosettes, and still retaining 
marks of the original paint. 
4. Head, and a portion of the shoulders of the king. 
5. Head, right shoulder, and right hand, of an eunuch holding the 
fly-flapper. 
6. Fragment of a sculpture containing the king, who holds in his 
hand a bowl, and an attendant eunuch. 
7. Fragment representing the king, behind whom is a winged 
figure, holding in his right hand a fir-cone, and in his left a basket. 
Before the king is a portion of the ferouher and of the sacred 
tree. 
8. On the floor is a fragment of another sculpture with the same 
subject. 
9. 10, and 11, are inscriptions. 
At the end of the Room is an obelisk about 7 feet high, which was 
found in the centre of the mound; it is cut into three gradines at the 
top, and contains 210 lines of cuneiform writing. On each of its four 
sides are five rows of figures, with various animals—the lion, horse, 
rhinoceros, monkey, &c. The figures are bearing presents. 
In the Sixth Compartment to the Left (returning towards the door) 
are— 
1. and 2. Slabs containing a continuous suhject—the siege of a 
castle, w r hich stands by the water side. The building is in the centre 
of the scene, and warriors are attacking it from either side. To the 
left the king directs the attack in person, and a ladder rests against 
the walls, whereby warriors are ascending the walls. The besieged are 
hurling stones from above. Behind the king are women apparently 
tearing their hair from grief. To the right a tower and ram are placed 
near the wall, and the besieged are represented throwing fire upon the 
tower, and attempting to divert the thrust of the ram by means of a 
chain. In front of the castle two men with blunt spears are forcing 
down a part of the wall. 
3. ( Against the window.) A slab with a man who is driving before 
him flocks of sheep and goats. 
4. A slab with a warrior in a chariot, at full speed. Beneath the 
horses is a dead lion, pierced by three arrows. 
5. A slab representing a castle standing in water, on the towers of 
w r hich are three figures, the foremost holding two arrows in his hand in 
token of peace. Towards the castle swim three figures, two of whom 
are on inflated skins, the third is pierced by an arrow. On the banks 
are two figures, kneeling and discharging arrows at the swimmers, and 
three trees, of which one is the date palm. 
In the Seventh Compartment are— 
1. A fragment found at Khorsabad, containing the head and shoul- 
