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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 230

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cient to prevent them being easilyremoved. The Caillou Michaux weighs rather more than 70 lbs. Chald.ean Sculpture. 19 they were only placed on the stone on account of their supposedpower of interesting the gods in the preservation of the rights andtitles thereon set out. Their execution was… … Fir,, no.—Tlie Caillou MiL-h.iux. Height 19^ inches. Drawn by S.iinl-EIme Gautier. forms. This art, if we may call it so, was hieratic in the fullestsense of the term. From our point of view, then, we should gain nothing bymultiplying the number of these monuments. They are chieflyinteresting to…

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