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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 95

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ourse, far inferior to that of a Roman road. There were nofootpaths, either within or without the cities ; the stones weresmall, irregular in shape, and not of a very durable kind. Theywere placed in a single layer, and the pavement when finishedlooked like a mere bed of broken stones. All… … Fig. 31.—Chariot for three combatants; from the palace of Assurbanipal. Louvre.Height 16 inches. Drawn by Bourgoin. deep and clinging mud, according to the season. It is no betterin the towns. Whoever has had the ill luck to be out, in therainy season, in the sloughs and sewers that the Turks call…

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