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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 109

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of Jeremiah (Baruch vi. 25) : Now shall ye see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood, borneupon shoulders, which cause the nations to fear. VOL. n. N 90 A History of Art in Ciiald^ea and Assyria. have made her beautiful if he had known how. She is shownnaked, against the general… … Fig. 37.—Carrying the gods. From the palace of Sennacherib; from Layard. The supreme gods, the Bels or Lords, were treated in the sameway when all the majesty of their station had to be suggested.Each of these had his domicile in one of the principal sanctuariesof Chaldsea and Syria. At Sippara it…

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