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 . vessels, glazed and unglazed, were in commonuse among the Assyrians, for drinking and other domestic purposes. They comprised vases, lamps, jugs, amphorae, saucers,jars, etc. [PI. LXXX., Fig. 2. J The material of the vessels L«fine, though generally rather yellow in ^ The shapes present no great novelty, being for the most part such as arefound both in the old Chaldaean tombs, ^ and in ordinary Ro-m
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 . vessels, glazed and unglazed, were in commonuse among the Assyrians, for drinking and other domestic purposes. They comprised vases, lamps, jugs, amphorae, saucers,jars, etc. [PI. LXXX., Fig. 2. J The material of the vessels L«fine, though generally rather yellow in ^ The shapes present no great novelty, being for the most part such as arefound both in the old Chaldaean tombs, ^ and in ordinary Ro-man * Among the most elegant are the funereal (?)virns discovered by M. Botta at Khorsabad, which are egg-shaped, with a small opening at top, a short and very scantypedestal, and two raised rings, one rather delicately chased,by way of ornament. [PL LXXXI., Fig. 2.] Another gracefulform is that of the large jars uncovered at Ninuud (seePI. LXXXII., Fig. 1), of which Mr. Layard gives a * Still more tasteful are some of the exampleEwhich occur upon the bas-reliefs, and seemingly representearthern vases. Among these may be particularized a lustraJ Vol. Fie 1. Plate LXV Assyrian seizing a Wild Bull (NimUdj.
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