p borders. As in the palace reliefs, the mantle-fringescross the figure slanting-wise—an obliquity which affords a ready 1 Menant, Catalogue des Cylindres orientaux du Cabinet royal des Médailles de LaHayt (The Hague, 4to.), No. 135. Gems. 275 means of distinguishing between a native of Assyria and… … Fig. 154.—Chaldaean cylinder dating from [the second monarchy. Black jasper. British Museum. most common of all shows a personage standing bare-headedbefore two altars, one bearing the disk of the sun, the other thatof the moon (Fig. 154).1 This individual is sometimes bearded,sometimes shaven. His…
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