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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria (1884)

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 290

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^W^^:^mMM … Flc. 114.—Human-headed lion. Nimrnud : from Layard. guard (Figs. 6 and 7). All these figures are in much higher reliefthan the sculptures in the inner chambers. All this shows that the sculptor thoroughly understood how tomake the best of his opportunities when he was once called in to ornament…

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