. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . the ancient Gen. xx., T2.—2 Sue Aiiuaham. Sardius, or Sardine, an agate of one color, a clear, bright red, which in modern timesis best known by the name of carnelian, orcornelian. The sardius, or sardine, is a finevariety of this stone; it is of a deep, almostblood red, and is prized according to itsdepth of hue and trauslucency. It is nottransparent and has no brilliancy, but ittakes a high polish, and is of
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . the ancient Gen. xx., T2.—2 Sue Aiiuaham. Sardius, or Sardine, an agate of one color, a clear, bright red, which in modern timesis best known by the name of carnelian, orcornelian. The sardius, or sardine, is a finevariety of this stone; it is of a deep, almostblood red, and is prized according to itsdepth of hue and trauslucency. It is nottransparent and has no brilliancy, but ittakes a high polish, and is of all stones thebest adapted for the purposes of the en-graver. Sardonyx, a precious stone; like otheragates, to which class it belongs, a hydratedquartz, of a red and pearl color in alternatelayers. It resembles the onyx, except incolor. The prefix sard seems to have ob-tained among lapidaries the technical mean-ing of red; hence sardonyx would signify thered onyx. Sargon, an Assyrian king, mentioned onlyonce in Early writers had iden-tified him with either Shalmaneser, or Sen-nacherib, or Esar-haddon. But the Assyr-ian inscriptions prove Sargon to have been. Glass Vase, bearing the Name of Sargon, from Nim-rond. distinct from these monarchs, and fix hisplace between Shalmaneser and is some probability in the supposi-tion that, during Shalmanesers protractedabsence at the siege of Samaria, Sargon ef-fected a revolution and seized the is remarkable that Sargon claims in hisfirst year to have taken Samaria; it maytherefore be that he is the King of Assyr-ia mentioned in Scripture;2 or perhaps, asho had taken possession of the governmentbefore the siege was over, he claimed thecapture as his own. The wars of Sargonwere numerous, and he carried his victori-ous arms into many countries. He builtthe famous palace of Khorsabad, the orna-mentation of which surpassed the art of hispredecessors. Glass, intaglios, and the per-fect enameling of brick
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