PLATE NO. 34

Stele of Shalmaneser III carved out of the native rock on the bank of Dog River (Nahr el-Kelb, the Lykos of the Greeks) north of Beirut. On the right of the picture is shown the large stele of Rameses II (1292-1225 B. C.). king of Egypt, whose example the Assyrian king followed in setting up this memorial.

The illustration is from Carl Bezold, Ninive und Babylon, 3te Auflage, Leipzig, 1909.

PLATE NO. 35

Portion of a clay tablet, 93% by 7 inches, with an inscription of Tiglathpileser IV, king of Assyria (745-727 B. C.), and generally known as the Nimroud tablet. A portion of it is translated on page 322, containing the mention of Ahaz, king of Judah-the first mention of Judah in the Assyrian inscriptions. The original is preserved in the British Museum, and is numbered K. 3751. See Bezold's Catalogue, II, page 561, and note that in the Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities, 24 Edition, 1908, p. 59, the number is incorrectly given as K. 2751, so also in Mansell's Catalogue, p. 13.

Photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co., London.

PLATE NO. 36

Six-sided baked clay prism of Sennacherib. king of Assyria (704682 B. C.), preserved in the British Museum, Number 91,032, and popularly known as the Taylor Cylinder. The illustration shows the first three columns, and the portion translated on page 340f. begins in column II, line 34, beginning after the line visible in the illustration nearly half way down the middle column.

Photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co., London.