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 339
tres (one foot English) below the original level ofthe soil four cubical masses consisting of large bricks cementedwith bitumen, and measuring about 80 centimetres across eachface. In the centre of each cube there was a cavity 27 centimetreslong by 12 wide and 35 deep. In each case this hollow… … Fig. 146.—Bronze statuette. 81 inches high. Louvre. (Fig. 148). At the feet of each statue there were two stonetablets, set in most cases in the bitumen with which the cavity waslined. One of these tablets was black, the other white. It wasupon the black as a rule that a cuneiform inscription…
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