The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . men. (Nine- Travels in Ocorgki, Persia, &c.,veh and Babylon, p. 609.) The vol. ii. pi. 79, fig. 6,representation on p. 117 gives the Chap. V. ENGRAVED CYLINDERS. 119 which gives the name of the king and his titles, aresomewhat rudely formed, as they are on the stampedbricks of the period ; but the figures appear to havebeen as well cut, and as flowingly traced, as those ofa much later date. It is possible that the artist em-ployed by Sir R. Porte
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . men. (Nine- Travels in Ocorgki, Persia, &c.,veh and Babylon, p. 609.) The vol. ii. pi. 79, fig. 6,representation on p. 117 gives the Chap. V. ENGRAVED CYLINDERS. 119 which gives the name of the king and his titles, aresomewhat rudely formed, as they are on the stampedbricks of the period ; but the figures appear to havebeen as well cut, and as flowingly traced, as those ofa much later date. It is possible that the artist em-ployed by Sir R. Porter has given a flattering repre-sentation of his original; otherwise the conclusionmust be that both mechanical and artistic skill hadreached a very surprising degree of excellence at themost remote period to which Chaldfean records carryus back. It increases the surprise which we naturally feelat the discovery of such a relic as the cylinder aboverepresented, to reflect upon the rudeness of the im-plements with which such results would seem tohave been accomplished. In the primitive Chaldseanruins, the implements which have been discovered.
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