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 357
Babylonian girdle at 100. Plain Babyloniansocks are also mentioned, but the amount at which they were valued iswanting. This decree was discovered at Eski Hissar, the ancient Stra-toniccia, in Asia Minor. (See Leakes Asia Minor.) 3°4 M\E]-I£H A\n r.A/iVI.ON. (Chap. The engraved gems and cylinders… … Babylonian Cylinder in Sienite (Size of the Original). interesting specimens from the Arabs, who usually pickthem up on the mounds after rain. The most remarkableof them is a cylinder of spotted sienite, upon which are in-cised seven figures, and a few Babylonian characters. Thefigures are cut with…
