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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 105

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them, and, as it were, has made themcast an air of nobihty over the whole composition. It is thus with a curious type to which our readers attentionshould be drawn ; we mean that of the personage called Izdubarby some Assyriologists, and Hea-bani by others. Whichevername we may choose, the person… … Fig. 35-—Izdubar and lion. Double the .ictual size. From a cylinder in the British Muscuui. activity and vigour, he is naked. Even under the dry method ofthe Chaldsean gem engraver we can appreciate the amplitude ofhis form and the power of his muscles. He is also distinguishedby the size of his…

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