Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London, J. Murray · leaf 140
118 EGYPTIAN" AND ORIENTAL POTTERY. Another use of this plastic material in Assyria was for seals, which were attached to rolls of papyri, linen or leather, and placed either on the side of the roll when it was made up, or else appended by a slip or string. Several such seals were found in the… … No. 71.— Seal of Sabaco and Sennacherib. From Kouyunjik. No. 72.— Egyptian seal enlarged. Sabaco, king of Egypt, who reigned B.C. 711, and was pro- bably contemporary with the Assyrian king, Sennacherib. It is evident that these seals cannot have been appended to the document in the baked condition…
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