The flora of the Assyrian monuments and its outcomes (1894)
Bonavia, Emanuel, 1826-1908 · Westminster, A. Constable · leaf 149
spond withthis. And I think the palm trees shown in fig. 53 aresufficiently realistic to satisfy any botanist. ASSYRIAN MONUMENTS. 113 Now let us see if we can trace any further resemblancebetween the palmettes of the sacred trees and theplumose heads of the realistic trees. In the British Museum… … Fig. 52.—a. Wing feathers of sphinx,pi. 32, fig. 13 ; b, wing of sphinx,pi. 32, fig. 8 ; f, winged disc, pi. 62,fig. 8. All from Grammar of theLotus. ^ It is remarkable that this winged disc should come from ancientAmerica. 114 FLORA OF THE Sacred trees.Nimrood Gallery.—No. 2 has the main head with…
Assyro-Babylonian religion · Botany -- History · Sculpture, Assyro-Babylonian
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