ion had to do with war, the only bird we find often repro-duced is the eagle, the symbol of victory, who floats over thechariot of the king, and the vulture who devoured where theyfell the bodies of the enemies of Assyria ; and even these imagesare rather careless and conventional, which may… … MHtjr Fig. 75.—Embroidery on the kings robe ; from Layard. accounted for by their partially symbolic character and theirfrequent repetition.1 A group of partridges rising and, inthose sculptures of the later Sargonids in which the artists showa love for picturesque detail, birds hopping in the…
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