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 343
thepalace, occurs a phrase which M. Oppert translates : Thepeople threw their amulets. What Sargon meant by this theexcavations of M. Place have shown. In the foundations of thetown walls, and especially in the beds of sand between the basesof the sculptured bulls that guard the doorways, he found… … Fig. 150.—Terr-i-cotta cylinder. One-third of actual .size ; from Place. number of the people must have assisted at the ceremony ofconsecration. Several of these amulets were not without value either fortheir material or their .workmanship, but the great majoritywere of the roughest kind, some…
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