Identifier: 07244119.1178.emory.edu
Title: A dictionary of religious knowledge (electronic resource): for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922 Conant, Thomas Jefferson, 1802-1891
Subjects: Theology Religion
Publisher: New York : Harper
Contributing Library: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library

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ars, throw muchlight on ancient manners and customs, andgive us the materials for constructing an ac-curate and trustworthy picture of ancientcivilization.1 Among the most remarkablemonuments recovered, and now in the Brit-ish Museum, are two winged, human-headedlions, twelve feet high, and as many in length;winged human-headed bulls, of similar di-mensions with the lions; winged sphinxes; amount of spoil, the chase of the lion, of theantelope, of the wild ass, and other animals.Such are the favorite subjects of the Assyr-ian sculptor. Nor are they treated in theconventional style of Egypt, but in a man-ner which, for grace, spirit, correctness, anddelicacy of execution, excels every thing elseknown in Asiatic art. The labor bestowedon the careful finish of a priests dress, andin the tasteful decorations of an article offurniture, proves them to be the work of aningenious and pains-taking people. Jars,bronzes, glass bottles, carved ornaments inivory and mother-of-pearl, engraved gems,
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Winged human-headed Lion. and a famous obelisk of black marble, sculp-tured on four sides. On this last are repre-sented a victory, a prisoner prostrate at theteet of the king, and foreign people offeringtribute, and leading such animals as the Bac-trian camel, elephant, lion, rhinoceros—ani-mals found only in lands far east of the Ti-sns; The bass-reliefs are very numerous,exhibiting especially war and hunting. Themarch, the onset, the pursuit, the siege, thePassage of the rivers, the submission andtreatment of captives, secretaries noting the!^g»>er_of heads taken in battle, and the1 See Assyria. bells, ear-rings, arms, and utensils of variousdescriptions, have been discovered, all of ex-cellent workmanship. The ornaments espe-cially are in good taste, and evince no in-considerable skill in the working of metals.For a condensed account of these explora-tions, see Smiths Ancient History of theEast, chap, xii., and Eawlinsons AncientEmpires, vol. i., chap. iv. For a fuller ac-co

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