Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)
Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 298
o is flying from them ; the firstpursuer appears to have driven his spear through the enemy in frontof him, who is falling from his horse. Behind the horseman is avulture with the entrails of the slain in its beak. This slab has beennmch injured, and the edges have been cut ofl^apparently to make… … Enemy Pursued. NIMRUD S. W. PALACE. 281 on horseback pursued by two Assyrian horsemen. Like the preced-ing, a considerable portion of this slab lias been cut off. The helmetsthe pursued enemy wear are peculiar, and unlike those worn by theAssyrians; they have considerable resemblance to the Greek…
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