. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. Babylonian Cylinder, in Jasper. in front 348 NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap. the districts on the eastern borders of the Syrian desertThey appear to belong to various periods, from the time ofthe lower Ass>Tian dynasty to that of the Persian occupation. Cylinders, with Semetic Characters. of Babylonia. To the first period I assign a cylinder in theBritish Museum, representing two figures, half man half bull,raising the winged emblem of the deity over the sacred one side of them is
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. Babylonian Cylinder, in Jasper. in front 348 NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap. the districts on the eastern borders of the Syrian desertThey appear to belong to various periods, from the time ofthe lower Ass>Tian dynasty to that of the Persian occupation. Cylinders, with Semetic Characters. of Babylonia. To the first period I assign a cylinder in theBritish Museum, representing two figures, half man half bull,raising the winged emblem of the deity over the sacred one side of them is a priest carr^-ing a goat, such as isseen in the Khorsabad sculptures, and on the other a man inthe act of worship. Of the Persian epoch an interestingexample exists in the same collection. On it is engravedthe king contending with a winged human-headed bull anda griffin beneath the image of the god Omiuzd. The firstword of the inscription is pure Hebrew, ?nH? Katham, theseal, and then follow the names of a man and of his cylinders frequently bear an inscription in the cu-neiform character peculiar to the monuments of the Achse-menian dynasty. The most interesting specimen of thisclass is a well-known gem of green chalcedony in the BritishMuseum, on which is engraved king Darius in his chariot,?with his name and that of his father
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