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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 66

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of Lydia and Assyria arerecounted, was translated and explained. The chief of these is George Smith,who, in his History of Assurbanipal, has brought together and commented uponthe different texts from which we learn the facts of this brilliant reign. The earlydeath of this young scholar can never… … The History of Chald^a and Assyria. 47 Like their ancestors, these great soldiers were also greatbuilders. In one of his inscriptions Esarhaddon boasts of havingbuilt ten palaces and thirty-six temples in Assyria and Chaldcea.^Some traces of one of these palaces have been found withinthe cncicjite…

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