Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" / Volume 11, Slice 5

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1-5.—ORIENTAL.

1. Babylonian (late Sumerian) Cylinder of a Viceroy of Ur-Gur (or Ur-Engur), 2500 B.C.

2. Assyrian Cylinder. Woman adoring Goddess.

3. Assyrian Cylinder. Assur worshipped by two Assyrian kings, and divine Attendants.

4. Persian Seal of Darius (500 B.C.). Lion Hunt.

5. Graeco-Persian Scarabaeoid. Boar Hunt.

6-15.—CRETAN AND MYCENAEAN INTAGLIOS.

6. Cretan Symbols.

7. Man and Bull. Crete.

8. Lions and Column. Ialysus.