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 . King and attendants, on enamelled brick ^from Nimrud).Fig. Assyrian vases, amphors, &c. (after Birch). CH. vii.) THE ROYAL ATTENDANTS. 289 clusters. By the side of the royal couch, and in front of thequeen, is a table covered with a table-cloth, on which are asmall box or casket, a species of shallow bowl which may haveheld incense or perfiune of some kind, and a third article fre-<iu(utly seen in
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 . King and attendants, on enamelled brick ^from Nimrud).Fig. Assyrian vases, amphors, &c. (after Birch). CH. vii.) THE ROYAL ATTENDANTS. 289 clusters. By the side of the royal couch, and in front of thequeen, is a table covered with a table-cloth, on which are asmall box or casket, a species of shallow bowl which may haveheld incense or perfiune of some kind, and a third article fre-<iu(utly seen in close pr(jximity to the king, but of wh<jse useit is impossible to form a conjecture. At the couchs headstands another curious article, a sort of tall vase surmoimtedby a sugarloaf. wliich i)r(jbably represents an altar. Tlie kingl)ears in his left hand the lotus or sacred flower, while the([ueen holds in hers what looks like a modern fan. All thelower part of the monarchs person is concealed beneath a cov-erlet, which is plain, except that it has tassels at the cornersand an embroidered border. The ofHcers in close attendance upon the monarch varied ac-cording to his employment. In war he was accompanied byhis charioteer, his shield-beare
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