in Lower Chaldsea.3 The ivories alone are, some-times at least, without this peculiar character. They display 1 See vol. i. page 242. 2 See also plate xii. 3 Layard, Discoveries, p. 563. Materials. 119 a certain harshness in which the distinguishing mark of Chal-daean origin has been recognized. We… … Fig. 55.—Lion carved in wood. Louvre. Length 4 inches. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. object, rounded above and with a flat base. There is an oblongslit in the latter. The object is apparently a seal (Fig. 56).*On the other hand, although most of the ivory carvings that wereused for the handles of…
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