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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
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Leopard, from Nimrud. frequently mentioned in the inscriptions. The wildass is a favourite subject with the sculptors of thelater Empire, and is represented with great spirit.
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Wild Ass, from Koyimjik. 282 THE SECOND MONARCHY. Chap. H. though not with complete accuracy. The ears aretoo short, the head is too fine, the legs are not fineenough, and the form altogether approaches toonearly to the type of the horse.The deer, the gazelle, and theibex, all occur frequently ; andthough the forms are to some ex-tent conventional, they are notwanting in spirit. Deer are ap-parently of two kinds. Thatwhich is most commonly foundappears to represent the greydeer, which is the only speciesGazelle, from Nimrud. existing at prcseut witliiu theco;jJ&nes of Assyria.^ The other sort is more deli-

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