'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎90] (137/524)

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subjects of Shapour, I preferred to delineate those, of which no other
specimen might exist, and therefore proceeded in our general examina
tion. I must not however omit to say, that the sculpture of these two
figures was exquisite; the proportions and anatomy of both horses and
men were accurately preserved, so that the very veins and arteries in
the horses' legs and belly were most delicately delineated.
Walking forwards we came to a very extensive piece of sculpture,
the lower parts of which were entirely destroyed. We saw, however,
on the right, a row of camels' and men's heads intermixed; and under
them a row of horses' and men's heads, which were demolished from
the horse's eye downwards. In front of these, at the distance of about
four feet, was part of a figure on a horse, the King as before, holding a
bow and four arrows in his right hand. We supposed that this might
be the commencement of a hunting piece. [Plate XI.]
Our research terminated in a most perfect sculpture: the extreme
interest of which only increased our regret, that the shortness of our
time would not allow us to give it all the observation and study which
it required. This piece contained a greater number of objects than
any of the others, and a much greater diversity of characters. The
surface of the rock is here divided into a variety of unequal com
partments, all of which are occupied by a multitude of figures. In
the middle, is a rather reduced copy of the second relievo which I
have described (that of the King and the suppliant) except that, facing
the King there is an additional personage with a hand extended holding
a ring. In the first row, at the top on the right, are a munber of slight
figures with their arms folded. The second is filled with a crowd, of
which some carry baskets. The third is equally covered; and in the
right corner there is a man conducting a lion by a chain. In the
fourth, and just opposite to the King, is a very remarkable groupe,
whose loose and folded dresses denote Indians: one leads a horse,
whose furniture I have drawn with some care, and behind the horse is
an elephant. Under this, and close to the ground, are men in a Ro
man costume; amongst them is a chariot to which two horses are har-