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List of Illustrations "Stolen Stones"
December 30, 1996

General view of Kuyunjik, the palace mound of Nineveh
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, general view of site museum
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, plan
Layard's illustration of an unidentified sculpture from Nineveh
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, West Facade (?), fragment showing two dead sheep and a dead human in the water

Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 7, view of full slab before looting, width 252 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 7, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 7, soldier striking a prisoner, 20 x 21 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slabs 14-16
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 16, view of full slab before looting, width 184 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 16, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 16, a file of three soldiers in the mountains, 30 x 34 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 24, view of full slab before looting, width 226 cm
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room I, Slab 24, soldiers in a chariot, 67 x 42 cm

Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room IV, Slab 4, view of full slab before looting, width 78 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room IV, Slab 4, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room IV, Slab 4, archers in a walled city, 71 x 40 cm

Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, with view of sculptures in place
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 1, view of full slab before looting, width 121 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 1, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 1, Assyrian archer marching to battle, 26 x 16 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 15, view of full slab before looting, width 225 cm. Slabs 15-17 form a continuous sequence that reads from right to left.
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 15, drawing by Jennifer Hook
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 15, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 15, heads of two helmeted soldiers, 18 x 16 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 16, view of full slab before looting, width 187 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 16, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 16, a pair of archers drawing their bows, 30 x 17.5 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 17, view of full slab before looting, width 127 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 17, drawing by Jennifer Hook
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 17, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 17, enemy soldier about to be beheaded, 19 x 14.5 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 39, view of full slab before looting, width 206 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 39, detail
Looted fragment, Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 39, tree on a mountain, 25 x 22 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 43, full slab, width 180 cm
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 43, detail
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room V, Slab 43, fragment offered on the market

Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room XLIX, slab in place
Nineveh, Southwest Palace, Room XLIX, fragment showing laborers hauling a heavy object

Khorsabad, Sargon's palace (?), fragment showing the head of a eunuch, 25 x 18 cm

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