Fig. 144.—Chaldaean cylinder. Basalt. Louvre. Drawn by Wallet the same kind, but more complex and, for us, more obscure (Fig.145). A seated figure, apparently female from the long hair%flowing over the shoulders, sits upon a low stool and holds a childupon her knees. In front of the group thus… … Fig. 145.—Chaldœan cylinder. Basalt. Louvre. holds in his hand the spoon with which he has filled the gobletpresented by his companion. We may, perhaps, take the whole that it occurred upon the convex sides of a cylinder, where the eye of the spectatordid not grasp it all at once, as upon the flat…
Hittites · Art · Jews
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
