Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23

peoples or Chaldea, the Arameans, the
Mammal. the men OF Kue and Ciiicia, the
Phillstines and Tyrians, "who had not sub
mitted to my yoke. 1 carried away and l
set them to forced labor. and they made
bricks"
He tells first OF the rebuilding OF his
palace. Bull colossl of white stone . . .
they quarrled for supports Tor the doors
thereof. In order to conctruot RATS great
trees In the woods throughout the whole
Of their land they cut down. In the month
Of Ivyar, at the time of the spring floods,
on mighty RATS they brought them across
with difficulty to the other side. In the
crossing Of the quay wall the great vessels
sank deeper and their crews groaned and
were distressed i'm spirit, but by might and
tribulation they brought them with diff
Guilty and set them up in their gates"
1t is a wonderful picture Of the building
of one Of the great cities of old when
human labor was so cheap that Nebuchad-
nezzar. for instance, was able to build a
magnificent temple in fifteen days.
Sennacherib's tale continues In this
fashion,: II altered the Structure of the
palace and enlarged its site. Palaces OF
gold, silver, bronze, malachite, breccia, ala
baster, ivory, cedar, cypress, pine(fo my
lordly habitation I constructed. Beams of
NNha aho ~ ~ eN0AAN 10 IataoaAlAs
the products Of Amanus and Serara, the
snow-capped mountains, 1 arranged in place
above them. Doors Of cedar, cypress, pine
and sindu wood, with a plating of silver
and copper, l found. Female colossl OF
alabaster and ivory, wearing horned head
dresses, having bent talons, clothed with
strength and vigor, full of spendor, 1 set
up in their doorways and made them a
wonder to behold. With brickwork, Ka
stone and lapls lazuli 1 decorated the ram
parts, the cornices and all the copingSN" It
is a vision Of barbaric spendor that Nap
proaches the description Of Solomon tenn
pie. The palace that has no rival" SIENNA
cherib called his habitation.
The kings proudest record is Of the
casting Of bronze lions, colossi which had
been moulded In clay "as in casting half
shekel pieces" 1t was evidently an un-
precedented achievement.
Further on he says: THE neighborhood
of the palace l made beautiful. A great
park wherein all kinds Of herbs and fruit
trees and trees the product of the noun
tains and of Chaldea, togetherl with trees
that bear wool were included, beside it 1
planted"
After finishing the palace he turned his
attention to the city and built an inner
ana an outer wall tnen L enlarged the
area of Niniveh, my lordly city, its open
spaces 1 broadened and made it bright
like the day. Above the city and below
the city 1 laid out gardens"
A description of the warrior Kings meth
DDS of Furnishing rebellious vassals follows:
"Kirua, the project of Hlubru, a servant
who was subject to me, whose god forsook
him, caused the troops of CECILIA to revolt
and Offered battle. The peoples who dwelt
in Ingira and Tarsus supported him and
they seized the Cicilian road; they stopped
the traffic. Bowmen bearers OF shields (?(
and lances, chariots and horses, my royal
troops l sent against them. The troops
Of CECILIA who supported him they de-
feated In the midst of a difficult mountain.
They conquered Illubru and Tarsus and
carried off their spoil. He himself they
besieged in Illubru, his stronghold, and
they cut off egress from it. With the as
wall and : and the attack of foot
soldiers they defeated him and captured
the city. Kirus, the project. with the spoil
of his cities, and the peoples of Cecilia
who had supported him, together with
asses, oxen and sheep, they brought to
Niniveh into my presence. Kerua 1 flayed."
Lastly Sennacherib ~enjoins that '1n after
days among the kings, my sons, when that
wall shall have grown old and shall have
fallen into decay, let him repair the ruined
parts of 1t, let him find inscriptions
a sacrifice and restore each to its place"