The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . ine that the colour of the robes waspmple, and that their ornamentationwas the work of the needle. Perfusam rtiurice vestemAssyria sigiiatur acu. Claudian. xliv. 86, 87. These rare Assyrian garments weresaid to have been adopted by theMedes, and afterwards by the Per-sians. (Diod. Sic. ii. G, § 6.) Theywere probably of silk, \vhich wasproduced largely in Aissyria (Plin. H. N. xi. 22), whence it was carriedto Rome and worn both by men andwomen (lb
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . ine that the colour of the robes waspmple, and that their ornamentationwas the work of the needle. Perfusam rtiurice vestemAssyria sigiiatur acu. Claudian. xliv. 86, 87. These rare Assyrian garments weresaid to have been adopted by theMedes, and afterwards by the Per-sians. (Diod. Sic. ii. G, § 6.) Theywere probably of silk, \vhich wasproduced largely in Aissyria (Plin. H. N. xi. 22), whence it was carriedto Rome and worn both by men andwomen (lb. xi. 23). 3 Ezek. xxvii. 23, 24: « Haranand Canneh and Eden, the merchantsof Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, werethy merchants. These were thymerchants in all sorts of things, inblue clothes and broidered work(nOp1), and in chests of rich apparel,bound with cords and made of cedar,among thy merchandise. ^ As on pp. 364, 368, 487, &c., ofthis volume. 492 THE SECOND MONAECHY. Chap. VI. little short of that which prevailed in the age of thefirst monuments. The draperies of Asshur-idanni-pal(Sardanapalus) I., in the north-west palace at Nimrud,. Royal embroidered dresses (Nimrud). are at once more minutely laboured and more tastefulthan those of any later time. Besides elegant butunmeaning patterns, they exhibit human and animalforms, sacred trees, sphinxes, griffins, winged horses,
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