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Fig. 1: Main relief in its
landscape setting
(taken by Firas Jatou, April 2006; ©
Firas Jatou)
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Fig. 1bis: Note how
black-and-white photography does a better job of registering the
details of the relief (taken by
Gertrude Bell, May 1909; from the Gertrude
Bell Project;
© The University of Newcastle upon Tyne Library)
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Fig. 2: The right-side 3/4
of the main
relief when one climbs up to it; the people provide a
good relative indication
of the proportions (April 2006; ©
Firas Jatou)
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Fig. 2bis: Much better
contrast (taken by Gertrude Bell, May
1909; from the Gertrude
Bell Project; © The University of Newcastle
upon Tyne Library)
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Fig. 3: The left 1/4 of the main relief we weren't able to
see in fig. 2: king Sennacherib; there is recent damage around the nose
(taken by Firas Jatou, April 2006; © Firas Jatou)
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Fig. 3bis: The main relief as interpreted by the excavator
of Nimrud and Nineveh
(drawn by Austen Henry Layard, mid-19th cent.; from Layard 1853; © New York Public
Library)
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Fig. 4: A niche with
remnants of cuneiform inscriptions (taken by Firas
Jatou, April 2006; © Firas Jatou)
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Fig. 5: A niche with
the bottom half of the relief of a king missing (taken
by Firas Jatou, April 2006; © Firas
Jatou)
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Fig. 6: More niches with
relief figures (taken by Firas Jatou, April 2006;
© Firas Jatou)
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Fig. 6a: A cut-out relief (taken
by Gertrude Bell, May 1909;
from the Gertrude
Bell Project; © The University of Newcastle
upon Tyne Library)
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Fig. 7: Partial view of the
top of a huge block that was hewed from the cliff in
antiquity but left in the river itself, showing a lamassu
and a bearded figure in the lower register (April
2006; ©
Firas Jatou)
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Fig. 7bis: A better view of
the size and location of the block; a
king and queen are visible in the
upper register (taken by Gertrude Bell,
May 1909;
from the Gertrude
Bell Project; © The University of Newcastle
upon Tyne Library)
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Fig. 7ter: Underside of the
block in the river; notice the marks left by the changes in water levels
(taken
by Gertrude Bell, May 1909; from the Gertrude Bell Project;
© The University of Newcastle upon Tyne Library)
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Fig. 7quater: The block in
the river, showing its location in relation to the main relief
(figs. 1-3) above it (taken by Edgar T.A. Wigram, very
beginning of the 20th cent.; from Wigram 1922; ©
AINA)
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Fig. 8: Remains of
inscriptions in brittle, fragile state; bullet impact visible (unclear
where exactly this photo was taken) (April
2006; © Firas Jatou)
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