. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . BULL OFCOPPER.*. VASE OF SILVER.* 1 Heuzey, Le Vase du patési Enténa, in the Comptes Rendus de VAcadémie des Inscriptions, 1893, pp. 169-171 ; and Le patési Enléména, daprès les découvertes de M. de Sarzec, ibid., pp. 318, 319. * Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Hedzey-Sarzec, Découvertes en Chaldée, pl. 28, No. 6. Tlioinitial vignette of the present chapter (p. 703) gives a good idea of this kind of amulet. 3 Taylor, Notes on Abu-Shahrein, in the Journ. Asiat. Soc, vol. sv. p. 415. 4 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Heuzey-Sarzec, Découvertes
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . BULL OFCOPPER.*. VASE OF SILVER.* 1 Heuzey, Le Vase du patési Enténa, in the Comptes Rendus de VAcadémie des Inscriptions, 1893, pp. 169-171 ; and Le patési Enléména, daprès les découvertes de M. de Sarzec, ibid., pp. 318, 319. * Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Hedzey-Sarzec, Découvertes en Chaldée, pl. 28, No. 6. Tlioinitial vignette of the present chapter (p. 703) gives a good idea of this kind of amulet. 3 Taylor, Notes on Abu-Shahrein, in the Journ. Asiat. Soc, vol. sv. p. 415. 4 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Heuzey-Sarzec, Découvertes en Chaldée, pl. 43. 758 CHALDEAN civilization. and some of the lapidaries, from a dread of breaking the cylinder, eitherdid not pierce it at all, or merely bored a shallow hole into each extremityto allow it to roll freely in its metallic mounting. The tools used inengraving were similar to those employed at the present day, but of arougher kind. The burin, which was often nothing more than a flint point,marked out the area of the design, and sketch
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