The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . No. a. Sun-dried brick under head. b. Copper bowl. c. Small cylinder of meteoric stone; remainsof thread going round arm-bone. (1. Pieces of cylindrical meteoric stone. e. Pieces of bamboo. /. Jars and utensils for food and water,made of baked clay; remains of date-stonesin the shallow dish. and at Tel~el-Lalim/ is almost as eccentric as the pre-ceding. Two large open-mouthed jars (ri and b),shaped like the largest of the water-jars at presen
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . No. a. Sun-dried brick under head. b. Copper bowl. c. Small cylinder of meteoric stone; remainsof thread going round arm-bone. (1. Pieces of cylindrical meteoric stone. e. Pieces of bamboo. /. Jars and utensils for food and water,made of baked clay; remains of date-stonesin the shallow dish. and at Tel~el-Lalim/ is almost as eccentric as the pre-ceding. Two large open-mouthed jars (ri and b),shaped like the largest of the water-jars at present inuse at Baghdad, are taken, and the body is disposed Journal of the Asiatic Society, vol. xv. pp. 413, 414. 112 : THE FIKST MONARCHY. Chap. V. inside them with the usual accompaniments of dishes,vases, and ornaments. The jars average from twoand a half feet to three feet in depth, and have adiameter of about two feet; so that they would readilycontain a full-sized corpse if it was slightly bent at a Chaldsean jar-coffin. the knees. Sometimes the two jars are of equal size,and ar€ simply united at their mouths by a layer ofbitumen (dd), but more c
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