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behind into the head of a fish, whose body descends to his waist; in 
his left hand is the mystic basket, and his right held the fir-cone, 
sculptured on the return of the slab flanking the doorway. The back 
of this bas-relief has also an inscription, running across the middle ; a 
cast of it (30*) is placed at the side. The slab itself has suffered like 
the two preceding. 
31. Winged male figure, with a garland on his head, and in his 
left hand a branch with blossoms, as if for sacrifice. From the North- 
West Edifice. 
32. A similar figure, but on a larger scale, and without wings, 
from the exterior wall of the Temple, originally the return slab on 
the opposite side of the doorway to the group already described, the 
counterpart of No. 27. 
The remaining sculptures in this room are all from the North-West 
Edifice. 
33. Winged male figure, with the head of an eagle, holding the 
fir-cone and basket, sumptuously attired in embroidered and fringed 
robes, and elaborately finished. It has been supposed to represent the 
Assyrian God, Nisroch. 
34. Similar figure, turned in the opposite direction. 
35. Female figure, with four wings, a double-horned cap, and a 
profusion of ornaments round her neck, holding in her left hand a 
necklace, probably as a sacrificial offering, On the eyes may be ob¬ 
served remains of colour. 
36. A slab belonging originally to the North-West Edifice, but 
found in an isolated quarter, where it had been left in ancient times, 
in the course of removal to another situation. It is here placed oppo¬ 
site some similar subjects from Chamber B. It represents a lion- 
hunt : an armed personage in a chariot, accompanied by a charioteer, 
is drawing his bow on some object in front, upon a lost slab ; beneath 
the horses’ feet lies a lion pierced with arrows. The sculpture is 
highly elaborated, and of considerable merit. At the back is an in¬ 
scription, of which a cast (36*) is placed above. 
The next three slabs are from a chamber marked I in Mr. Layard’s 
plan. 
37 a. Two winged male figures, in double-horned caps, kneeling 
beside a mystic tree, apparently in the act of adoration. The feet of 
the figures, both in this and the other two slabs, are bare. 
37 b. Two winged female figures, in double-horned caps, and with 
richly-decorated collars, standing beside a similar tree, and holding 
necklaces. This slab stood originally under No. 37 a. 
38. Two eagle-headed and winged figures standing beside the tree, 
with sacrificial fir-cones and baskets. Above this was a slab similar to 
No. 37 «, and the pair thus formed was repeated all round the re¬ 
mainder of the chamber. 
39, 40. Two large slabs, forming one subject with a third, which 
has not been recovered. To the left is the symbolical tree, and part 
of the wing of a figure on the missing slab ; to the right is the king, 
wearing a collar of mystical ornaments, and standing between two 
winged and eagle-headed figures, each holding the fir-cone and basket. 
41. A winged figure, with double-horned cap, and richly em- 
