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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 374

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(see Layard, Monuments, series ii. plate 3). Notions as to a Future Life. 351 Assyrian universe was divided. Those regions are the Jicavcns,the atmospJierc, the cartli, and Itcll or hades. The highest division is the narrowest of all. It only containsthe stars and a few other symbols grouped almost… … Fig. 162.—Plaque of chiselled bronze. Reverse. In the second division we find seven animal-headed personages passing from right to left. We need not stop to describe their appearance or gesture ; we have already encountered them ^ See above, p. 72, and Figs. 3, 10, 11, 12. See also the notes to M.…

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