Jeremiah (Baruch vi. 25) : Now shall ye see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood, borneupon shoulders, which cause the nations to fear. VOL. II. N 90 A History of Art in Ciiai.d.fa and Assyria. have made her beautiful if he had known how. She is shownnaked, against the general custom… … Fig. 37.—Carrying the gods. From the palace of Sennacherib; from Layard. The supreme gods, the Bels or Lords, were treated in the sameway when all the majesty of their station had to be suggested.Each of these had his domicile in one of the principal sanctuariesof Chaldaea and Syria. At Sippara it…
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