Author: Paterson, Archibald.
Title: Assyrian sculptures. Palace of Sinacherib. [Sic].
Description: The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, [1915]. [1],14 pages text. 1 b./w. portrait of sir. Austen Henry Layard (known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh), b./w. ills on single-page / double-page / fold. plates (numbered 1 - 114) & a large col. fold. ground plan of the palace, all loose in sheets in orig. brown h.cloth portfolio with dec. front cover design. Sm. folio. - Spine ends dam.; corners of cover sl. worn.Rare complete copy of this richly illustrated work about the Palace of Sennacherib. - Sennacherib [or Sanherib] (died January 681 BCE, Nineveh) was king of Assyria (705/704-681 BCE) and the son of Sargon II. He made Nineveh his capital, built a new palace there and expanded the city.

Keywords: Archaeology Orient Archeologie Oriënt