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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 208

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enbroken into numerous pieces, and, as these have not all beenrecovered, it is impossible to restore it entirely. The style ofits writing seems the farthest removed from the form into whichit finally developed, and its symbols seem to be nearer theiroriginal imitativeness than anywhere else.… … Fig. 93. — Fragment of a stele ; from Tello. Utight I foot. Louvre.Dr.-iwn by Saint-Elme Ciutier. into which it blends ; the Semitic profile is more strongly markedthan in the monuments of the following age. ^ The bas-reliefs represent strange scenes of war, of carnage,of burial. Here we find…

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