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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 308

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Fig. 154.—ChalJaan cylinder dnting from the second monarchy. Bl.ick jasper. British Museum. most common of all shows a personage standing bare-headedbefore two altars, one bearing the disk of the sun, the other thatof the moon (Fig. 154).^ This individual is sometimes bearded,sometimes shaven. His… … Fig. iS5-—Impression of a cylinder on a contract ; from Menant. and a fishs body and tail, as in the impression left by a cylinderon a contract dated the twelfth year of Darius, king of Babylon,king of the nations (Fig. 155). The use of these types lasted 1 Upon these types see M£nant, Archives des…

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