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 299
It would be difficult to imagine anything betterfitted for objects of a talismanic character, which were also to beused for the special purpose of these cylinders. Whenever theChaldsean put his seal upon clay he renewed the act of prayer andfaith which the engraver had figured upon it ; he took all… … Fig. 143. —Chaldean cylinJer. Green serpentine. Louvre. Diawn by Walkt. son Dungi,^ princes in whom the oldest Chalda;an royalty wasembodied. Both of these seals seem to have been engraved inUr, the home of that dynasty. We have given several othervariants of the same theme (\ol. I., Figs. 17—20,…
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