Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations : with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors (1878)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 56
19. Inscribed Tablet of Pottery. ASSYBIA AND BABYLONIA. 51 with many found in Cyprus (111. 23), and closely resemble examples inthe Cesnola collection. A remarkable class, found in considerable quantity by Mr. Layard inthe ruins of ancient Babylonia, consists of unglazed pottery bowls, onwhich are… … 20. One of the Tablets of the Delude. Thomas Ellis (of the British Museum) examined, deciphered, and trans-lated several of the inscriptions, which proved to be in the ancient Chal-dean language, written in characters wholly unknown, and never beforeseen in Europe. The subjects of the inscriptions…
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