. Babel and Bible;. Fig. 29. Attendants Upon King Sardanapalus and His Consort. BABEL AND BIBLE. 25. have also been restored to our bodily vision. The prophetIsaiah (xlvi. 1) mentions the procession of the idols, andin Fig. 31 we actually wit-ness one,—with the god-desses in front, and behind,the god of the weatherarmed with hammer andbolts; Assyrian soldiershave been commanded totransport the idols. We see in Figure 32how the statues of thegigantic stone bulls weretransported, and catch inthis way all manner ofglimpses of the technicalknowledge of the Assy-rians. But our greatest and most con
. Babel and Bible;. Fig. 29. Attendants Upon King Sardanapalus and His Consort. BABEL AND BIBLE. 25. have also been restored to our bodily vision. The prophetIsaiah (xlvi. 1) mentions the procession of the idols, andin Fig. 31 we actually wit-ness one,—with the god-desses in front, and behind,the god of the weatherarmed with hammer andbolts; Assyrian soldiershave been commanded totransport the idols. We see in Figure 32how the statues of thegigantic stone bulls weretransported, and catch inthis way all manner ofglimpses of the technicalknowledge of the Assy-rians. But our greatest and most constant delight is Fig. 30. Consort of Sardanapalus.(From a sketch by Colonel Billerbeck.)
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