Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 108
ihtil-S-^ • I Jill-^;;- .;■•Flc. 18.—The winged globe ; from Layard. and, within it, the figure of a man draped in flowing robes andcovered with a tiara. He is upright, in some cases his right handis raised as if in prayer, while his left grasps a strong bow (Fig. 19) ;in others he is stretching… … Fir,. 19.—The winged globe with human figure; from Layard. The meaning attached to this plastic group by the Assyrians ismade clear to us by the important place it held in the religiousimagery of the Aryans of Media and Persia. These people, thelast born of the ancient Asiatic world, borrowed…
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