The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-06-22
NEW DISCOVERY AT NINEvEH.

ne bOndOn ASSyTlan Excavation So
ciety have just issued satisfactory re-
port of the progress of their agent in
The following extract is of
interest:
"ln addition 10 the discoveries men
toned by Mr.. Lotus, the committee Lave
TO announce that new palace has been
found at Nineveh in the mound Of Kouy-
unjik. of which Col. Rawlinson reportsi in
the, following terms:
"'A most beautiful palace has been
recently discovered at Nineveh belong.
ing TO the son OF Esar Naddon. The
sculptures are infinitely superior in vari.
ETY. OF subject, in artistic treatment, and
in skill and delicacy of execution TO every
thing which has been before found The
palace also is Of great extent, containing
perhaps i've hundred sculptured slabs,
and the marbles are generally in good
state Of preservation
In another letter he adds:
1.-The new palace is by far the most
magnificent thing yet discovered in As
syria. Each hail. room, and passage is
devoted 10 a separate subject, and where
the series is complete and the sculpture
well preserved, as not unfrequently hap
pens, is OF extraordinary interest. In
fact, the variety Of subject. artistic group.
ing and treatment, high relief, richness
Of detail, and delicay Of execution entitle
the palace to be reckoned the chief
d'Gurre Of Assyrian art. Some Of the
pavemet slabs are most superb, and the
animals. trees, and flowers, even the
human figures, are much more natural
and free from conyenlionallies than in
any of the earlier palaces. There are
between Two and three hundred sculptu.
red slabs already uncovered, and not
above one-half oi the palace is yet explO-
red.
Colossal bulls and lions there are
none, but monsters, centaurs, hippo.
gryphs DC. there are as. many as you
! please.
".N one OF the entrances there are a
pair Of round ornamented pedestals,
! which certainly supported columns; but,
as there are no remains, of such columns,
they must have been formed, suppose,
Of wood.
"On one slab there is city with
double wall, and within, temple. faced
with row Of columns supported on the
backs Of animals. On another there is a
mound, on the top Of which is a castle,
and, 10 give more extent 10 the upper
platform, causeway is run out from the
top of the mas9nary with sharp. pointed
arches stretching down the side Of the
mountain
"Anolher private letter from gentle
man residing at Mosul speaks in the same
terms Of praise Of these new discoveries,
and adds some further particulars regar.
> ding the subjects Of the sculptures. In
speaking Of the slab, representing The
palace or temple alluded 10 above, he
says;
"lt represents very minutely the exte.
rior architecture. The second story is
built with pillars, which have their bases
on the backs of the lions and human.
E headed bulls, with their heads turnd like
those at Khorsabad.'
"Ile also mentions the representation
Of bridge with three pointed arches, and
other particulars Illustrative Of The arehi-
lecture Of the period.
"One OF the best executed slabs rep.
resents a lion hunt. In this scene, he
says, the king is the principal hunisman,
9 and is in the act of striking lance into
] lion springing upon his chariot, whilst
seven others. eady pierced by many
~.e~s, s. Of hich are dead and 9th
ers dying .s H s@-@auiflllly and natu
rally portr l pon the slsts+--ou an
d other slab t.y have represented park
e with an open gate, through which is seeI
e the king hunting lions, executed on ayeF.
minute scale, as il they intended tito ap
pear far in The distance lie conclude
, by saying that the art displayed in III
le treatment Of both men and animals i
'e these bas relief, surpasses every thin
discovered in the ruins Of Assyria.
~ ~ The committee take this oPportanit
y VI Of calling the attention Of The subscriber
n n to the progress recently made in the d.
ei t ciphering of the inscriptions, which con
az prise the Identification OF all the Assyria
nu kings mentioned 10 the Bible, of many
81 Gil those whose names occur in profane hi
~, ~, tory extending he chronology Of Assyr
w w'uI to a period Of about two thousand yea
~, before Christ. An almost perfect seri
"a cav of the names Of The ancient kings Of A
inc syria has also been discovered, and n
''e' merous illustrations Of the sacred Scri
s0' tures Of the highest"