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their work. Along the base of the slab appears a line of guards, like 
those above. 
54. Fragment of a series from another part of the same hall, repre¬ 
senting the moving of some weighty piece of sculpture. The lower 
portion, and part of the right side, have perished. At the top is seen 
a piece of water, abounding with fish; two small boats, and a raft 
formed of four timbers, each bear men w 7 ith blocks of wood, or other 
objects required for the operations. To the extreme right is a shore 
overgrown with reeds, and along the middle of the slab a row of fir- 
trees. Below these are men drawing probably a colossal bull, repre¬ 
sented on the lost portion of the slab. Four rows of them are seen, 
each dragging a thick cable, to which they are lashed by ropes. Above 
the highest row is the driver plying his stick ; and immediately behind, 
three overseers with their right hands extended, and in their left 
truncheons. Below these are five men placing rollers before the sledge. 
55. Fragment from a series in the same chamber, representing the 
removal of a colossal bull. Along the upper part runs a river or lake, 
in which are three boats, bearing each four men, with objects prob¬ 
ably required for the erection of the bull. In the w 7 ater appear two 
fishermen, seated astride on inflated skins, each drawing up a fish with 
hook and line; abundance of other fish surround them, one of which 
is devoured by a crab. On the shore below this is a row of fir-trees. 
Below them are seen a line of porters, carrying various articles in their 
hands,—weapons, vessels, blocks of wood, saws, picks,^ spades, &c. 
Behind are two carts, each drawn by two eunuchs, and bearing ropes 
and wooden spars. To the left, below the row of porters, are four over¬ 
seers with hands extended; behind them is the bull on a sledge. Stand¬ 
ing on the top of it are three superintendents, the first extending his arms, 
apparently giving directions, the second clapping his hands, and the third 
holding his speaking-trumpet at his side. In front are seen the upper 
portions of three men, placing rollers, the bottom of the slab, on 
which the rest w r as sculptured, having been lost. The progress of the 
sledge is assisted by a large lever, worked like that on No. 52. Over 
the lever appear five porters, one bearing a saw 7 and two axes, tw 7 o 
others carrying forked props for supporting the scaffolding on the sides 
of the bull, when raised; a fourth with a long spar, and a fifth with 
ropes. At the right extremity of the slab are three more carts, with 
ropes and spars; and beneath them, tw 7 o men supporting the forepart 
of an enormous pole, probably a spare lever. 
56. Another slab from the same chamber, belonging to another 
similar series. In the upper part, is a dense jungle of reeds, disposed 
in two horizontal lines; in the higher appear two does; in the lower, a 
wild sow 7 with her young, and a stag. Below 7 , near the centre of the 
slab, is the king, Sennacherib, in a richly-ornamented chariot, drawn by 
tw 7 o eunuchs, supporting the pole, which terminates in a carved horse’s 
head. Behind him w 7 alk two other eunuchs, bearing his parasol and 
fly-flapper, and followed by three attendants with maces. Six attend¬ 
ants, also with maces, precede the chariot. The lower part of the slab 
has perished; but the upper portion of several men carrying forked 
props, ropes and spars, and amongst them, a cart with cables and poles, 
still remain. In the middle of the slab is an inscription, partly 
effaced 
