History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903) (14576916608)

Identifier: cu31924091767503 (find matches)
Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933 McClure, M. L., d. 1918
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Publisher: London : Grolier Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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EAD OF TIUMMAN SENT TO NINEVEH. Elamite delegates, Khumba-dara and Nabu-damiq, in chainsat his feet.^ These wretched men had a more cruel ordeal 1 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph taken in the British IMuseum.The chariot speeding along at a gallop in the topmost series of picturescarries a soldier bearing the head of Tiumman in his hand ; behind him,under a tent, scribes are registering the heads which are brought in. In thetwo lower bas-reliefs are displayed the closing scenes of the battle. 2 Belck and Lchmann have very ingeniously connected the embassy, 216 THE POWER OP ASSYRIA AT ITS ZENITH yet in store for them : when the Assyrian army re-enteredNineveh, Assur-bani-pal placed them on the route alongwhich the cortfege had to pass, and made them realise tothe full the humiliation of thek country. Dunanu walkedat the head of the band of captive chiefs, with the head ofTiumman, taken from its tree, suspended round his neck.When the delegates perceived it, they gave way to despair:
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ASSUR BANI-PAL BANQUETIKG WITH HIS QUEEN. Khumba-dara tore out his beard by handfuls, and Nabu-damiq, unsheathing the dagger which hung from his belt,plunged it into his own breast. The triumphal entry wasfollowed by the usual tortures. The head of Tiumman wasfixed over the gate of Nineveh, to rot before the eyes of themultitude. Dunanu was slowly flayed alive, and then bledlike a lamb ; his brother Shamgunu had his throat cut, andhis body was divided into pieces, which were distributed mentioned in the Assyrian documents, with the fact of the accession of theking who sent it. 1 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph of the original in the BritishMuseum. The head of Tiumman hangs on the second tree on the left-handside. ELAM SUBJECT TO ASSYRIA 217 over the country as a warning. Even the dead were notspared : the bones of Nabu-shumirlsh were disinterred andtransported to Assyria, where his sons were forced to braythem in a mortar.^ We may estimate the extent of the alarmwhich had been fel