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 289
d Assyria. fashion seems to have been, at one time, to fasten them to thewrist. In those tombs at Warka and Mugheir that we havedescribed, the cyhnders were found on the floors of the tomb-chambers, close to the wrist-bones of the skeletons ; and thelatter had not been moved since the bodies to… … Fig. 133.—Tablet with impres-i Ml from a cylinder ; from I.ayartl. we can never find any trace of the seal beside the bracelets. Itis probable that it w^as hung round the neck and put inside thedress, in front, for greater security. It never occurs among theemblematic objects of which the necklace…
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