kouyunjik side-gallery. 
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at the destruction of Nineveh : indeed, many single slabs reached this 
country in 300 or 400 pieces. These have been simply rejoined 
without attempt at restoration. Immediately to the left on entering is 
1. A cast from a bas-relief cut in the rock, at the mouth of the 
Nahr-el-Kelb River, near Beyrout, in Syria, placed here in illustration 
of the Kouyunjik series, which succeeds it. It represents Sennacherib, 
standing in the conventional attitude of worship, with sacred or sym¬ 
bolical objects above him, and is covered with a cuneiform inscription. 
In the rock, adjoining the original relief, are six similar Assyrian 
tablets, and three Egyptian bas-reliefs, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, 
bearing the name of Rameses II., who at an earlier period is supposed 
to have passed through Palestine. Presented by the Duke of North¬ 
umberland , K. G. 
The sculptures on the left, or West side of the Gallery, are all of 
the period of Sennacherib, and illustrate the wars he carried on, and 
the tributes he received. They are, for the most part, fragments of 
more extensive works. The subjects represented are as follows : — 
2. A galley, with a long straight rostrum , or beak, propelled by 
tv, 7 o banks of rowers; on the upper deck are warriors, whose shields 
are arranged along the side of the galley. In the water appears a 
crab devouring a fish. 
3. Part of a river, in which are seen fish of various kinds. The 
bank is overgrown with reeds. Beside these is an unarmed horseman at¬ 
tacked by an Assyrian warrior on foot, and raising his hand for quarter. 
3* Fragment of a head from a colossal figure of an eunuch. 
4—8. A series of Slabs, mutilated in the upper part, from a chamber 
marked xxvm. in Mr. Layard’s ground-plan of the Palace of Kou¬ 
yunjik ; they commemorate apparently the expedition of Sennacherib 
into Southern Babylonia against Merodach Baladan, who is called in 
some of the Assyrian inscriptions the king of Kar-Duniyas. 
The first portion represents a piece of water, probably part of the 
Tigris or Euphrates, on which are seen seven boats, among islands 
overgrown with marsh plants. To the left (4), on a reed-covered 
bank, are figures escaping from a boat boarded by the invaders; one 
of the latter has landed, and is spearing a fugitive; another holds up 
a head in triumph; a third is slaying a captive in the boat; and a 
fourth w r arrior stands making a signal, whilst a prisoner kneels and 
holds up his hands for quarter. Beyond, in the water, is a dead man, 
and another boat, in which apparently a combat is still going on; two 
of the slain are falling over the side. Next (5), beside a small 
island, is a raft buried amidst the reeds, upon it five figures are 
crouching for concealment. Beyond are two more boats, the upper 
conveys Assyrian archers; the lower, belonging to the enemy, has 
been boarded by the invaders, who have slain one of the crew 7 , w'hilst 
three others, unarmed, are escaping or imploring quarter. Adjoining 
is a small boat, with three of the vanquished raising their hands in 
supplication. Above appears a raft, sheltered as before by reeds, 
in which are archers shooting, with other figures seated. Another raft, 
with three crouching fugitives, is seen in the foreground ; beside it is 
a headless body in the water. Further on is a boat with some Assy¬ 
rians returning in triumph ; one rows, tw T o others apparently bold up 
heads of the slain, and five prisoners accompany them. Beyond, in 
