xtended to the brazen sea. The relative depth of thesevessels and the economy of their wheels cannot be surmised fromthe text, which is sufficiently vague to admit of readings widelydifferent one from the other. The restoration we propose, betterthan any other, helps the reader to understand their… … Fig. 173.—Sacrificial Altar. Mangeant. their hand at restoring these objects, has given a thought as tothe way the impetus was to be brought about in order to set thevessel in motion. All seem to suppose that the sakain, or water-carrier, pressed upon the uprights tightly fixed to the box. Butthis…
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