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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 316

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ich must have been continued on the next brick.The word warriors may still be deciphered.^ This figure mayhave formed part of some attempt on the part of the decorator tonarrate in colour some of the exploits of the king for whom thepalace was built. There is a difference between such fragments as… … Fig. 125.—Enamelled brick in the British Museum. painted on their surface, and in fact a single brick had severalfigures upon it which were, therefore, on a much smaller scale. Adecoration in which figures were some two and three feet high, waswell suited for use in lofty situations where those…

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