New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-15

Jr,rdence Of the Assyrian chronicle and the vsra
omi ron s rn s in the annals Of the hostile power
In constructing from the materials presented m me AS
syan iuserp;ions history OF the Assyran monarchy
y 10 fix mon point corresponding with
sx,d date IN known history This point is presented in
the inscription the Macs ooais' Inc readers o. nr
Layar,s frst work Will remember tne discovery OF his
monument in the trenches Of The second OF central Nsad
II Is now in the British Museum an obelisk Of black mar
BILE seven high with five little bas-reets IN psncs
on each side, representing procession OF csprves ap-
proscLipg the king with tribute. An inscription ef two
hundred ami lines covers the unscupured space oa
,he sides e the obelsk The animals represented In the
rocssor the Bactrian twohumpei camel the elephant
The MONKEYS &c. TO exhibit the results Of an Indian
campaign and the fash OF antiquarian excitement, Mr.
award was disposed consider IL the trophy Of pri-
neyal Minus who first carried his coBquering tho
Indus or Ganges. Recently, however after pursuing their
researches independently and widely distant countries
Or H.ucks and OIL Ravnson, the two great English n
vestigatoTs OF the subject, have come almost slmuta
neoUsy 10 the conclusion. On one OF the process
sions of rbuiebeare they Identity the name Of Jehu,
the son OF Omri. the King Of Samaria, Beh-0mr the
house Of Omr, Kings xvi, 81 On another psr, Of
the column is read the name OF Hazae, king of Syria,
and tina, of Ethbaa king OF the Zdouians, the aihef
of .ezebel whom Jehu slew See Kings xvi 2gl There
can be mistake IN this The in the inscription
do vary the Hebrew photography to the value Of
single letter, except that the name OmTi changed to
ktbmri.
The date Of this monument, then is fixed at the former
part of the ninth century before Christ and the tact that
II commentaries constitutes clear and important adt
u If tribute from the king of Israel TO the king Of
hya more than hundred years before the first As
syrian in, of Israel mentioned IN the scuptue-the
invasion OF Pull during the rein of Menaheni.
As the ololsk records the history of thiry-one yeaEs
of the reign of DUdHH6dr Hor I1cH-odr there Is res IN
for racn tue date of his accession as early as 700 Is e.
This date then is the from which Assyran chronolo-
~ is computed. II. :, ;e,
foowcd with his royal pedigree From that upon the OBJ
esk il appears that the father and predecessor OF Dvan
ubar was Assurakhpa or as II il otherwise read Asn'
adanpa Saianapalus. the builder of the earliest exist
ing palace Nmeveh, the northwest palace at Nmrui.
Ms reign seems not have been short and the iae
of his accession Is set at $50 H. T. -
The records the king furnish the names OF hye,
ii not seven OF his predecessors. BY placing these in
their genealogical order some estimate may be made Of
the of the dynasty curious inscription discovered
elsewhere affords however, the means of closer deter
mnaton of lis date The referred TO are carved
Ike Others of the and subsequent ages, npon
the living rock in the prsepee on the sde OF narrow,
torrent issuing from the hills which bound the PLAIN o.
Nineyoh on tie northeast Figures ot the gods, sacref
and military symbols accompanied by the portrait OF
the king and record of his deeds. This king is proved
10 be SeHnacherb. First recouned the great public
works of his regn-he canals which ne constructed Tor
the capitol and the provinces Aiier u' long ooscure
MASSAGE precedes very detailed account OF the eNpet
ton TO Babylon and KarDuniyas against Mroddca Bald
dam And after giving particulars OF the campaign sen-
nacherib then mentions his advance to Babylon his con-
"ouest and plumber of it, and concludes with saying hat
he brought back from that city the hinges OF the GODS
(which had been taken by Observation-Disclosures the hing
'of Mesopoiamia from Assyria, four hundred ana
eighteen wears before and put them in their place..
/ Up. 2l2, 2l3. =
of Assyria from whom the idols were captured by Nero
dach Adakhe is identical with name IN the royal pei
gree of the Sardanapaus who built the early palace az
Nmrud. This to fix the date of the beginning OF
the dynasty at ans years before the time oil Sennacheo
or about ll40 b. {.
account of these curious processes, TO show the hru
basis on which the proiesed discoveries IN the runs ot
Nneveh were founded The records subsequent To
al. oIol,sl EinVa fin Of
/ tions of the Scriptures After an interval OF four
kings and perhaps more, whose annals nave not
| been discovered We to those of the kin- who
rebuilt the second central palace lie Il iaenlmd
through important discovery, for which we aein-
debted TO DIR. Hncks In an inscription on o's-Iea%'
represeytng part of Il line of war-charriofs M @asuo.
efed he name of MsAdhcm king of Israel among ucso
of other monarchs paying tribute 10 the KING OF A7sya
in the eqLth wear OF his reign This Assyran kng must
consequently have been either the immediate predecessor
I of Pull Pull himself -
The next King whose records found, was the builder
of the palace of khorsabad
III. name though read with slight variation. by ddsrai aser-
asm.d BY ali be that Of sss 81 Ss s nag a
with .he most detailed ample annals of his reign Uasm-
s ss@ III IN h 3 second year asy
ed But still preserved q ~ % are a' s ss
districts provincial towns nden upon that city sGson ka
bis predecessors was q great wnrior
Nv friend and correspondent in the city opposite Nine
veh describes Col Rawnson reading these characters
as easily as Latin inscription. ,
Iii the opinion OF Col. Rawnson that Shdtmrner ~
found on the monuments eff Khdrsabad as AN eptt OK
sarcon-an opinion which would seem to be supported
by the incidents of his reign II IL not easy TO account
for the fact that there is otherwise no mention OF e mama
of this monarch in all the monuments OF Uneven.
Beginning with Sargon, the list Of kings Is complete,
almost If not quite, TO the fall OF the empire iis success
sor was Sennacherb who built the vast and gorgeous
palace pon the mound called koyunk and engraved ON
he great bulls which guarded its portal the annals Of SIX
years of his reign. -
which might be expected the author of the messages
delivered by bis officers to Hezckiah. He call. himself
the subduer of kings from the upper sea OF the setnng
sun the Mediterranean to the lower sea OF the nDg sum
"ue Persian gulf The first OF his reign was dstin-
euished by campaign against Merodach Balnian lthe
king of Babylon who sent to king Hezekiahl III shlch
Senngcherb was spendidy victorious. The seeonn year
was occupied with similar expedition toward the Nor'h,
of which ull details are given. A..
In the third year of Sennecherb undertaken ne
memorable petition, of which have m accanI IN
the ooks of Kings Chronicles and Isaiah Aftsrgyins
the route and achievements of the army Ill Northe PIP
the inscription unfortunately much injured ana asnee''
tells of the war in Judea.
On the river Lycus engraved on the rock, rscnp-
,ious commenorating the deeds Of the Egyptian mons.
After these the Assyrians, and prepared ay'
surface the rock, side by side with Tue
sion tie Greeks Romans and Saracens came, and od
Likewise. 80 a..h IN
There j. one particular event in this campaign shen
represented 10 us with all the vividness OF pctorM liz
ration PORTRAYED upon the walls Of an inner chameoI
the palace is found full representation OF the oe Am
capture Of city, Ii is needless to attempt az
of H. sc reefs which include all the ponp and baloeZ
of Oriental warfare At end OF the series, IN 49,
the fortified camp, is the ful-length portrait % 49,
seated in bis chair Of state, and above the neal ths
inc inscription: Sennnchert6, Ire migmy N"tY ,ZZ
"fLe couHtry Of 1ssyrta sitting on the 1hT0ney J"
"Icfore the cGy oi Lach,sh--I gre PERMISSION t~ >"
| slaughter" s. 49, II
3 There IS one more illustration OF ocrp'uis nn'o''~
still more wonderful character. -, .... =, 81. ux<es
In chamber or passage in the southwest corner OF
were found ase hepe Il 10 doubt had been sIed
sioa OF seas -, Scrnspts tten on leather psy
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