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 381
ace. To give but one example of the evidence which mightlead to at least plausible conclusions, we might see jjure Assyrianworkmanship in the cup figured below (Fig. 218),- where moun-tains, trees, and anim.als stand up in slight relief, both hammerand burin having been used to produce the desired… … Fig. 218.—Bronze cup. Biilit-h Museum. coast. In the inscribed records of their great hunts, the kings ofAssyria often mention the bear.^ Nothing that can be comparedto these wooded hills peopled by wild beasts is to be found on thecups from Cyprus or Italy. I may say the same ot another cup…
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