The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . Wicker shield * large. (Tiraoof SeDDacberib.). CH. Villi FESTIVALS AND FASTS. 3(J5 Ion. The Assyrians generally, it is probable, approached thegods through their priests; and it would seem to be thesepriests who are represented upon the cj^linders as introducingworshippers to the gods, dressed themselves in long robes, andwith a curious mitre upon their heads. The worshipper sel-dom comes empty-handed. He
The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . Wicker shield * large. (Tiraoof SeDDacberib.). CH. Villi FESTIVALS AND FASTS. 3(J5 Ion. The Assyrians generally, it is probable, approached thegods through their priests; and it would seem to be thesepriests who are represented upon the cj^linders as introducingworshippers to the gods, dressed themselves in long robes, andwith a curious mitre upon their heads. The worshipper sel-dom comes empty-handed. He carries commonly in his armsan antelope or young goat,^* which we may presume to be anoffering intended to propitiate the deity. [PI. CXLIV., ] It is remarkable that the priests in the sculptures are gener-ally, if not invariably, beardless.®^ It is scarcely probablethat they were eunuchs, since mutilation is in the East alwaysregarded as a species of degradation. Perhaps they merelyshaved the beard for greater cleanliness, like the priests of theEgyptians; ^^^ and possibly it was a custom only obligatory onthe upper grades of the We have no evidence of the establishment of set festivals inAssyria. Apparently
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