Nott, Josiah Clark, 1804-1873, [from old catalog] ed, Gliddon, George Robins, 1809-1857, [from old catalog] joint ed, Maury, Louis Ferdinand Alfred, 1817-1892. [from old catalog], Pulszky, Ferencz Aurelius. [from old catalog], Meigs, James Aitken, 1829-1879. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.; London, Trübner & co. · leaf 173
Achsemenian.[S2]This monument was evi-dently, then, erected in honour of Cyrus, but it cannot have beensculptured in the life-time of the conqueror, inasmuch as his wings(which are the Assyrian attributes of Godhead), and the crown ofChnum (which is the Egyptian symbol of divine power), clearly… … 141 Vaux, Nineveh and Persepolis, 4th ed., London, 1855; Plate, pp 392-3. CUNEIFORM WRITING. 149 out exception, are characterized by the Persian folds of the gar-ment. Thus, then, the relief of Murghab must be the work of Cam-btses, who, according to Diodorus Siculus,142 employed Egyptianartists,…
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