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 400
appears to have been a favourite material for suchobjects. Many specimens, however, are in agate, jasper,and other hard substances. Amongst the most interestingcylinders of this kind obtained by me is one in spotted sien- * A similar group is seen in a-bas-relief at Khorsabad. Botta, pi. 141.… … Babylonian Cylinder, in green Jasper. figure, with the extremities of a bull, fighting with a lion.Between the two groups is an antelope with long spiralhorns, an animal not found at this day in Mesopotamia. A class of cylinders of very rude workmanship, and generallyin haematite, are probably of _…
