Fig. 89.—Winged horse. From Layard. head of a bird of prey, is richly represented in Assyrian art.The griffin recurs continually in the embroidery of the royalrobes of Assurnazirpal (Fig. 90). The bird with a human head,the prototype of the Greek harpies and sirens, is also to befrequently met… … Fig. 90.—Griffins seizing a goat. From Layard. used by bronze workers in the decoration of vases of beatenmetal. The diameters of the vases may easily be calculated fromthe inner curve of the applied plaques ;1 the latter were used tostrengthen the vessels at the points where the movable handles, 1…
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