11—- -^s^ty lllliiii- ijssméPI ■t Fig. 139.—Chalcedony cylinder. British Museum. Some idea of the strange results produced by these first attemptsat gem-engraving may be formed from our reproductions of twocylinders in the collection at the British Museum. The influenceof the process, the tyranny… … faff,? •t^VvJw^J^^l .^§^ Fig. 140.—Cylinder of black jasper. British Museum. design, which is, apparently, a scene of sacrifice (Fig. 139), howthe head and shoulder of the figure on the left are each indicatedby a circular hollow. The same primitive system has been usedin the cylinder where the god…
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