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 214
n broad, and one foot deep. They werefixed with great care by means of bronze clasps. Unfortunatelythe explorer gives us neither plan nor elevation of this monumentalstaircase. Layard believed that, in passing the Mesopotamian mounds,he could often distinguish upon them traces of the flights of… … Fig. 66.—Outside btaircases in tlie ruins of Abou-Sli.ireyn. to him.- One of these staircases is figured in a bas-relief fromNimroud ; it seems to rise to a line of battlements that form, nodoubt, the parapet to a flat terrace behind.^ Finally, in anotherrelief, the sculptor shows two flights of…
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