has wishedus to understand that fruits, sweet-smelling flowers, and um-brageous leafage, combined to make these gardens the mostagreeable of retreats for a king fatigued with war against humanenemies or the beasts of the desert. The same intention istraceable on the famous slab already figured… … ^S^S^u.-i! Assyrian Sculpture. 241 making itself felt (Fig. 127). Notice the treatment of the vinethat bends over the heads of the royal couple. The heads them-selves have suffered, but all the rest of the plaque is in excellent
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