| PLATE IN COLOURS |
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| I. | Coloured Lion at Khorsabad | Frontispiece |
| PLATES IN HALF-TONE |
| | | FACING PAGE |
| II. | Kouyunjik and Nebi Yûnus (two views) | 42 |
| | Nimrûd (Calah) | 42 |
| | Khorsabad | 42 |
| III. | Excavations at Nimrûd (Calah) in Ashur-naṣir-pal’s Palace | 44 |
| IV. | “Fish-God,” and Entrance Passage, Kouyunjik | 48 |
| V. | Doorway at Tellô, erected by Gudea | 54 |
| | South-eastern façade of Ur-Ninâ’s building at Tellô | 54 |
| VI. | Remains of a Stele in a building under that of Ur-Ninâ | 58 |
| | The Well of Eannatum | 58 |
| VII. | Excavations In the Temple Court: Nippur | 64 |
| VIII. | The Ziggurat and Palace of Ashur-naṣir-pal, Ashur | 78 |
| IX. | Inscriptions on clay illustrating the sizes and shapes of the Tablets, etc., used by the Babylonians and Assyrians | 106 |
| X. | The Ruined Mounds of Nippur | 132 |
| | Court of the Men from the North-East, Nippur | 132 |
| XI. | Water Conduit of Ur-Engur, Nippur | 138 |
| XII. | Portion of the “Vulture Stele” of Eannatum, Patesi of Lagash | 186 |
| XIII. | Stele of Victory of Narâm-Sin | 192 |
| XIV. | Stele engraved with Khammurabi’s Code of Laws | 198 |
| | The Sun-God Tablet | 198 |
| XV. | Bas-relief of Ashur-naṣir-pal | 202 |
| XVI. | Bas-reliefs of Ashur-naṣir-pal (four subjects) | 204 |
| XVII. | Siege of a City by battering-ram and archers | 206 |
| XVIII. | Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes: Lion and lioness in a garden | 218 |
| XIX. | Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes (two subjects) | 218 |
| XX. | Ashur-bani-pal’s Hunting Scenes: Hunting wild asses with dogs | 220 |
| | Ashur-bani-pal pouring out a libation over dead lions | 220 |
| XXI. | Ashur-bani-pal reclining at meat | 222 |
| | Musicians and Attendants | 222 |
| XXII. | Limestone figure of an early Sumerian | 224 |
| | Three archaic stone heads | 224 |
| XXIII. | Head and two diorite statues of Gudea; upper part of female statuette | 228 |
| XXIV. | Statues of Nebo and Ashur-naṣir-pal; torso of a woman | 230 |
| XXV. | Winged man-headed genii | 236 |
| XXVI. | Stone lion of Ashur-naṣir-pal | 238 |
| XXVII. | The Kasr lion | 240 |
| XXVIII. | Miscellaneous objects of bronze, from Nimrûd | 254 |
| XXIX. | Bronze bowl, from Nimrûd | 256 |
| XXX. | Decorated arch at Khorsabad | 278 |
| XXXI. | Glazed bricks | 282 |
| XXXII. | Ivory panels, from Nimrûd | 314 |
| XXXIII. | Pottery, from Nimrûd and Nineveh | 334 |
