. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. anidea from the fact of a goodly Babylonish garment (/. e. garment ofShinar) being mentioned in the book of Joshua (vii. 21) amongst theobjects buried by Achan in his tent. In a curious decree of the time ofDiocletian, regulating the maximum value of articles of clothing andfood throughout the Roman empire, several objects from Babylon arespecified. Babylonian skins of the first quality are rated at 500 denarii;of the second quality at 40; Babylonian shoes, called muUai, at 120denarii per
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. anidea from the fact of a goodly Babylonish garment (/. e. garment ofShinar) being mentioned in the book of Joshua (vii. 21) amongst theobjects buried by Achan in his tent. In a curious decree of the time ofDiocletian, regulating the maximum value of articles of clothing andfood throughout the Roman empire, several objects from Babylon arespecified. Babylonian skins of the first quality are rated at 500 denarii;of the second quality at 40; Babylonian shoes, called muUai, at 120denarii per pair; and a Babylonian girdle at 100. Plain Babyloniansocks are also mentioned, but the amount at which they were valued iswanting. This decree was discovered at Eski Hissar, the ancient Stra-toniccia, in Asia Minor. (See Leakes Asia Minor.) 304 NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap. The engraved gems and cylinders discovered in the ruinsbear ample witness to the skill of the Babylonian of these relics exist in European collections, and,during my residence at Hillah, I was able to obtain several. Babylonian Cylinder in Sienite (Size of the Original). interesting specimens from the Arabs, who usually pickthem up on the mounds after rain. The most remarkableof them is a cylinder of spotted sienite, upon which are in-cised seven figures, and a few Babylonian characters. Thefigures are cut with delicacy and spirit. Six appear to re-present foreign captives. They are led by a warrior, armedwith bow and arrows, and having on his back a quiver end-ing in a sharp point like the head of a spear. The prisonersare clothed in robes of skin or fur. One wears a flat pro-jecting cap, and two of them carry weapons in the form ofa pickaxe. The fourth figure seems to be that of a woman,and the last two are smaller in size than the others. Onebears on his shoulders a table or stool, theother a bag hanging on a hooked stick. Theletters of the inscription are rudely formed,and have not yet be
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