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another boat, which is dragged to the shore by a soldier, are two 
Assyrians, with two prisoners manacled. In the w’ater, between the 
islands, are numerous fish and crabs. Slabs 6, 7, 8, represent the shore* 
with a procession of captives and of booty, in two tiers. The upper 
exhibits prisoners handcuffed, with oxen; the lower has male and 
female prisoners bearing wine-skins and vases, attended by archers of 
the guard, and spearmen, and warriors carrying heads or driving oxen. 
At the right extremity of No. 8, stand two officers registering the 
amount of the spoil. Behind is a row of date palm-trees; and along 
the bottom of the slabs is a tributary stream of water, with fish. 
9. Fragment of a battle scene; slingers in double file advance, dis¬ 
charging their slings, and holding in their left hands stones. The back¬ 
ground is curiously sculptured to represent (apparently) mountain, 
scenery, or perhaps jungle ; parts of two trees are introduced. 
10. Fragment of a similar scene; three archers are shooting, each 
accompanied by a comrade, who supports in front a screen of wattling. 
The back-ground is similar to the preceding. 
11. Fragment, with two foot soldiers in full armour, each leading a 
horse, through the same country as before. In the back-ground is a 
tree much resembling the Banana. 
12. Similar subject to the preceding. 
18. Fragment from a procession, commencing with part of the 
wheel of a chariot, which belonged to a slab now lost; behind it are 
two warriors bearing (apparently) maces, followed by two spearmen, 
leading horses; all are in full armour. 
14. Fragment representing three led horses, the last attended by an 
eunuch, holding in his right hand a whip. 
15, 16, 17. A series, of w T hich the upper portion is lost, representing 
the return from battle. 
To the extreme left (15) are two officers registering the spoils 
brought in. In front of them are laid arms, couches, vessels, &c. 
Two warriors are piling the heads of the slain, others follow, bringing 
up prisoners in couples, fastened together by the wrist. Behind these 
(16) are women carrying wine-skins, driven by a soldier on foot, then 
a chariot drawn by two bulls, in which are three women or eunuchs, 
and lastly, three male captives, driven by a soldier. In the back¬ 
ground of these slabs are palm-trees in full fruit, and beyond them 
some water with fish. The sculpture is continued on the edge of 
slab 1 7, which originally stood at a projecting angle in the wall of the 
chamber to which it belonged. 
15*. Cast of a mutilated inscription at the back of No. 15. 
18 19. Fragment of a military procession; first come warriors 
armed wdth spears, swords, large round shields, and peaked helmets; 
then two, who are apparently ro\al mace-bearers; afterwards, two 
horses attached to a chariot, probably of the king, which was repre 
sented on the adjoining slab, now lost. On the upper part of No. 18 
are the legs and feet of three men, belonging to a tier above. 
20—29. Part of a series of bas-reliefs, from the chamber marked 
xiv. in Mr. Layard’s plan, representing the seige of a fortified 
city, which occupies the centre of the composition, and is assailed 
by the Assyrians on both sides. The whole series is blackened 
by fire, and the sculptures are much mutilated, particularly in their 
