Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 281
ivilization,which started near the Persian Gulf thousands of years be-fore our era, and fundamentally influenced the religious ideasand the intellectual development of the principal Semitic na-tions, and through them left its impression even upon Europeand upon our own civilization. All the statues… … Gudea, Priest-King of Lagash, as ArchitectStatue in dolerite, about 3JOO B. C. DURING 19™ CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 237 have the hands clasped before the breast in an attitude ofreverence. As over against the typical sobriety and conven-tional style of the early Egyptian sculptures, the…
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