Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . 290 into the presence of the King. The tith cf theofficer is indicated by the word inin (Tartan).The first eight persons who follow Tartan, wear theclose turban, and are dressed in long tunics, withshort over-garments. The first carries the model of acity, indicative of his office of governor of a pro^* the head of the proces
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . 290 into the presence of the King. The tith cf theofficer is indicated by the word inin (Tartan).The first eight persons who follow Tartan, wear theclose turban, and are dressed in long tunics, withshort over-garments. The first carries the model of acity, indicative of his office of governor of a pro^* the head of the processio;i is an officer, who is fol-lowed by three persons, the first two each bearing twocnps, the produce of the manufacture of the pro-vince ; and the third bears a sealed bag upon hisshoulders, containing the amount of tribute in gold-dust or precious stones furnished by the prince, ruledby the governor at the head of the arrangement of the procession appears to havebeen one chief to four men bearing tribute, and con-tained in all thirty persons. The second line of illustrations in this chamberrepresents another procession, and which, like the first,is headed by a chief officer of tribute. These areevidently a different people from the first;
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