Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 225
\ Piece of Clay wiih Iinpicssion!; of Seals. … Impression of a Seal on Clay. Back of the same Seal, showing the Marks ofthe String and the Fingers. instances the very ashes remained, and tlie marks of thethumb and finger which had been used to mould the clay, can still be traced. VII.] DISCOVERY OF ROYAL SEALS. 173 The greater part of these…