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 326
e 213. Tn another detail our cut differs slightly from Decoration. rosette which is so conspicuous, there is one ot more elaboratedesign which we reproduce on a larger scale and from anotherexample in our Fig. 132. It is inclosed in a square frameadorned with chevrons. This frame with the rosette… … Fig. 131.—Threshold from Kouyundjik. From Layard. and flower as in the straight border. That flower has been recognized as the Egyptian lotus, but Layard believes its type to have been furnished, perhaps, by a scarlet tulip which is very common towards the beginning of spring in Mesopotamia.^ We…
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