hollow and beaten into it with a mallet.1 It was by this latter process, no doubt, that those buttonswhich have been found in such quantities by every one whohas explored the Assyrian palaces, were made. They aresometimes small disks ornamented with concentric bands(Fig. 248), sometimes lozenges… … Fig. 240.—Bracelet. Diameter 5 inches. Louvre. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. kings robes and the harness of his horses. Our Fig. 250, whichis copied from a bas-relief at Kouyundjik, shows how theleather bands that encircled the necks of the chariot-horsesand supported bells, metal rosettes and…
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