The Nebo images are heavy, formal, inexpressive, and not over well-proportioned; but they are not wanting in a certain quiet dignity which impresses the beholder.

They are unfortunately disfigured, like so many of the lions and bulls, by several lines of cuneiform writing inscribed round their bodies; but this artistic defect is pardoned by the antiquarian, who learns from the inscribed lines the fact that the statues represent Nebo, and the time and circumstances of their dedication.
Clay idols are very frequent.

They are generally in a good material, and are of various sizes, yet never approaching to the full stature of humanity.

Generally they are mere statuettes, less than a foot in height.

Specimens have been selected for representation in the preceding volume, from which a general idea of their character is obtainable.