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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 353

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(Fig. 155). It u u OJ^ A History or Art in Chald.ea and Assyria. comes from a bas-relief, on which a circular fortress, dividedinto four equal parts by walls radiating from its centre, isportrayed. In this relief we find another favourite process of the Egyptiansemployed, namely, that in which a… … Fig. 156.—Plan, section, and elevation of a fortified city; from Layard. chambers of the castle. In each, chamber one or two personsare occupied over wdiat appear to be religious rites. In another Nimroud bas-relief we find a still greater varietyof processes used upon a single work (Fig. 156). The…

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