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 341
As some ofthem are about three feet high (Fig. 150) they can take commem-orative inscriptions of vastly greater length than those cut uponsmall hard-stone cylinders. Some of these inscriptions have asmany as a hundred lines very finely engraved. Many preciousspecimens dating from the times of… … Fig. 14S.—Bronze statuette, lo inches high. Louvre. substance objects to which a divine type and an engraved textgave both a talismanic and a commetnorative value. As might be supposed the same usage was followed in Assyria. comfnemorative cylinder—a command which, to the wonder and bewilderment…
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