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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 328

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force the basin of the Khabour, the principal affluent of theEuphrates. Layard found many traces of their passage overand sojourn in that district, among them a series of scarabs, manyof which bore the superscription of Thothmes 111.^ So that thepoints of contact were numerous enough, and the… … Fig. 133.—Bouquet of flowers and buds ; from La)ard. Nile valley. This imitation appears all the more probable as inthe paintings of Theban tombs dating from a much more remoteperiod than the oldest Ninevite remains, the pattern with itsalternate bud and flower is complete. Many e.x;amples may…

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