203

72. Sheath of a cedar-wood mast, bronze 205

73. Interior of a house supported by wooden pillars; from the
gates of Balawat 206

74. Assyrian capital, in perspective 207

75. Capital; from a small temple 209

76. View of a palace 210

77. Capital; from a small temple 212

78. Capital 212

79. Chaldaean tabernacle 212

80. Ivory plaque found at Nimroud 212

81. The _Tree of Life_ 213

82. Ornamental base, in limestone 214

83. Model of a base, side view 215

84. The same, seen from in front 215

85. Winged Sphinx carrying the base of a column 216

86. Facade of an Assyrian building 216

87, 88. Bases of columns 217

89. Tomb-chamber at Mugheir 222

90. Interior of a chamber in the harem of Sargon's palace at
Khorsabad 225

91. Return round the angle of an archivolt in one of the gates
of Dour-Saryoukin 227

92. Drain at Khorsabad, with pointed arch 229

93. Sewer at Khorsabad, with semicircular vault 232

94. Sewer at Khorsabad, with elliptical vault 233

95. Decorated lintel 238

96. Sill of a door, from Khorsabad 240

97. Bronze foot, from the Balawat gates, and its socket 243

98, 99. Assyrian mouldings. Section and elevation 245

100. Facade of a ruined building at Warka 246

101. Decoration of one of the harem gates, at Khorsabad 247

102. View of an angle of the _Observatory_ at Khorsabad 249

103. Lateral facade of the palace at Firouz-Abad 251

104. Battlements f