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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1882 Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. THE SIGNS OF THE, ZODIAC IN EUPHRATEAN ART. Note.--The references, unless otherwise expressed, are to Lajard, Culte de Mithra, 1847. I. Abies. I. Eain, represented as in air i.e. constellationally); in the field the six-rayed solar star, the seven circles (according to some the stars of Ursa Major, hut possibly sometimes the days of the week) and the lunar crescent. The solar star is immediately over the head of the Earn (PI. xvi. 1; vide sup. Sec. X). II. Earn (or Ibex) similarly represented (PI. xvii. 6). III. Ibex-ram as in air, standing on star-circle. In the field the solar star, seven circles and crescent (PI. xxix. 6). IV. Earn as in air, above which eight-rayed solar star (PI. Hi. 6). V. Earn with other figures apparently constellational, including Sagittarius (PI. liv. A. 12). VI. Earn on circular uranographic Stone (' Sceau d'agate, apporte de Syrie') with crescent moon, stars, and constellational figures; including Lion, Stag (a Babylonian star or constellation, T. S. B. A. iii. 176), Hare (a lunar type), and Bird (PI. Iviii. 5). VII. Earn on uranographic Stone in British Museum (sup. Sec. XVI.; Rawlinson, A. M. ii. 374), subsequently referred to as Stone B. VIII. Ram, or ram-like animal on Stone of Merodach Baladan I. (vide Geo. Smith, Assyrian Discoveries, 236), subsequently referred to as Stone M.B. II. Taueus. IX. Bull, represented as in air and of diminutive size; human figures, etc. (PI. xii. 17). X. The like (PI. xxvi. 5). XI. The like (PI. xxvii. 1). A Tablet speaks of 'the Bull of Heaven, rising in the time of Anu (in) the path of the Sun' Kharran Samsi, T. S. B. A. iii. 187). XII. Bull's head front view, making the symbol 8; other symbolical figures in the field (PI. xxxii. 7). XIII. BuU on Stone B (vide sup. Sec. XI). Lajard ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151703125 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151703125 |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.16 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 66 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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