rrangement of which we can point to no other example : bothlions and bulls have their feet turned sometimes to the centre ofthe shield, sometimes to its outer edge. The general character ofthe form is well grasped in both cases ; but the design has neitherthe breadth nor firmness of that upon the… … Fig. 226.—Knife-handle. Bone. Louvre. beaten and chased, although they made use of the same modelsand motives. No one would attribute a Phoenician origin to thesebucklers ; they were found in Armenia and were covered withcuneiform inscriptions. They must have been made either inAssyria, or in a…
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