Nineveh and Babylon - a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1882) (14767346425)

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Title: Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894
Subjects: Nineveh (Extinct city) Babylon (Extinct city) Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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Assyrian Cylinder, in Agate. Assyrian Cylinder, in Porcelain or Quartz. The pure Babylonian cylinders are more commonly foundin European collections than the Assyrian. They are usuallyengraved with sacred figures, accompanied by a short in-scription in the Babylonian cuneiform character, containingthe names of the owner of the seal and of the divinity,under whose particular protection he had probably placed
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In Iron Haematite. Babylonian Cylinders. In Jasper. himself. They are usually cut in a red iron ore or hsema-tite, which 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 simQar group is seen in a bas-relief at Khorsabad. Botta, pi. 141. XIII. ENGRAVED CYLINDERS. 347 ite, and one in green jasper, remarkable for the depth of theintagUo and spirit of the design, representing the AssyrianHercules contending with a buffalo, and a horned human