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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 240

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quit work in relief, felt himself more at home. Werefer to those round-headed steles on which the standine fieure ofthe king is relieved against a flat ground bordered by a raisededge. An inscription is engraved sometimes upon the bed of therelict, sometimes on the reverse of the stele. An effigy… … v||,.-.. Fir.. I 15.—Detail from tlie rnyal rolie of AssuiD.i/irpa) : from L-iyarJ. Stele there was an altar similar to that shown on page 256 of ourfirst volume. This altar is also in the British Museum. Fromthe existence of these steles it has been concluded, with no littleprobability, that the…

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