step a little to one side, to the right or the left as the casemay be, and their aspect will change. You will then see thatonly the fore-part of the animal is disengaged from the blockof alabaster or limestone in which it is cut, the rest of the bodyremains imprisoned in its substance. The contours… … Fig. 63.—Prisoners. From the palace of Sennacherib ; from Layard. the sides are shown in silhouette. It looks as if the image hadmade an effort to shake itself clear of the mass of stone andhad only partially succeeded. We find ourselves wonderingwhether, if Nineveh had not perished and the…
Hittites · Art · Jews
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