The flora of the Assyrian monuments and its outcomes (1894)
Bonavia, Emanuel, 1826-1908 · Westminster, A. Constable · leaf 48
more rarelywith the fruit on, as in b.The leaves are out of allproportion to the size of thebush, as usually shown onthe sculptures. Indeed itwould not be possible togive in stone, and on a smallscale, the right proportion Fig. 7.-Pomegranate trees of the of the size of the leaves, Monuments:— . .… … ASSYRIAN MONUMENTS. 13 apex. It is only by having now and then its charac-teristic fruit on that anything can be made of thesebushes, as figured on the monuments. It is evident that this bush was plentiful in itswild state, and was used for fire-wood, as men areseen cutting it down near their…
Assyro-Babylonian religion · Botany -- History · Sculpture, Assyro-Babylonian
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