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Chaldean Sculpture. 179 or ivory aigrette or cockade in the centre of one side, reminding us in its shape of the head of one of the great Assyrian bulls ; it would seem to be a symbol of strength and victory. In the monograph now under preparation by MM. de Sarzec and Heuzey a description of several smaller and still more frag- mentary pieces of the same monument -will be found. There is Fig. 94. — Fragment of a stele ; from Tello. Height 9§ inches. Louvre. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. one of which the subject may still be traced. We have been prevented from reproducing it by its bad condition. It again shows a battle field. Two rows of corpses are stretched upon the ground ; behind them are several standing figures. We may thus re-establish with but little room for mistake the whole