The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia (1862) (14783932555)

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Title: The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902
Subjects: Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority History, Ancient
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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Royal embroidered dresses (Nimrud). are at once more minutely laboured and more tastefulthan those of any later time. Besides elegant butunmeaning patterns, they exhibit human and animalforms, sacred trees, sphinxes, griffins, winged horses,
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Embroideiy on a royal diess (Nimrud). Chap. VI. ASSYRIAN DRAPERIES. 493 and occasionally bull-hunts and lion-hiints. Theupper part of this kings dress is in one instancealmost covered with figures, which range themselvesround a circular breast ornament, whereof the fol-lowing is a representation. Elsewhere his apparel isless superb, and indeed it presents almost every