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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 210

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us detail in this relief is the post with a rope knotted round it that appearsin the lower left hand corner.—-Ed. CuALD.tAX Sculpture. 1/9 or ivory aigrette or cockade in the centre of one side, remindingus in its shape of the head of one of the great Assyrian bulls ;it would seem to be a symbol of… … Fig. 94.—Fragment of a stele ; from Tello. Height gf inches. Louvre.Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. one of which the subject may still be traced. We have beenprevented from reproducing it by its bad condition. It againshows a battle field. Two rows of corpses are stretched uponthe ground ; behind them…

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