. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . Terra-cotta Figures. Parthian ? the Assyrians, were extremely common at the Parthianperiod, having been handed down from antiquity. Simi-lar figTires are universal throughout the East before theChristian era. A few figures bear traces of colour. Theaccompanying figures represent an oldbearded man and an old woman carry-ing a square basket or box in her hand;red and black paint are distinctly recog-nisable uj)on them. Of all
. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . Terra-cotta Figures. Parthian ? the Assyrians, were extremely common at the Parthianperiod, having been handed down from antiquity. Simi-lar figTires are universal throughout the East before theChristian era. A few figures bear traces of colour. Theaccompanying figures represent an oldbearded man and an old woman carry-ing a square basket or box in her hand;red and black paint are distinctly recog-nisable uj)on them. Of all the clay figures, the heads in theadjoining woodcut are most are infinitely superior to the rest inpoint of design and execution, and markthe rapidly spreading influence of Greek possess all the characteristic featuresand boldness of the Greek face, and yet they can scarcelybe other than the works of Babylonian artists. Thehair is arranged in long ringlets, and the heads are. Clay Figures exhibit-ing traces of paint. LIGHT-FINGERED ARABS. 215
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