. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . rowned with plumed head-dressesand crescent-shaped horns, are placed beforea heap of weapons and various other objects,which probably repre ^^^pjr sent some of the booty collected in the cam-paign. It would appear that they accompany a tall figure of a god or king, 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a bas-relief in the Louvre (Heuzey, Reconstruction partielle dela Stèle du roi Éannadu, pl. 1 F1). The attendant standing behind the king has been obliterated,but we see clearly the contour of his shoulder, and his hands holding the reins. 2 Akurgal was
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . rowned with plumed head-dressesand crescent-shaped horns, are placed beforea heap of weapons and various other objects,which probably repre ^^^pjr sent some of the booty collected in the cam-paign. It would appear that they accompany a tall figure of a god or king, 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a bas-relief in the Louvre (Heuzey, Reconstruction partielle dela Stèle du roi Éannadu, pl. 1 F1). The attendant standing behind the king has been obliterated,but we see clearly the contour of his shoulder, and his hands holding the reins. 2 Akurgal was first noticed by Heuzey (Les Origines Orientales de lArt, vol. i. p. 44); we knowof him up to the present only from the monuments of his father and his son. 3 The name of this prince is read Eannadu by Heuzey, following Oppert and Hilprecht, Bab. Exped. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, vol. i., 2nd part, p. 47 sqq. 5 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the fragment of a bas-relief in the Louvre (Heuzey-Sarzec,Découvertes en Chaldee, pi. 3 A).. VULTURES FEED-ING UPON THE
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