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I 2 A History of Art in Ciiald.ea and Assyria. chosen for reproduction. A good idea of the general physiognomy of the whole may be obtained from our Plate V. This is not a mere reduction from Thomas's restoration j 1 several details have been sensibly modified. Thus, on the principal façade, barrel O 10 so 3D *o -So Co To So SO too K_ L-U I I I I I I I I I Fig. 3. — Plan of Sargon's palace in its present state; from Place. vaults have been substituted for domes as being on the whole more probable ; battlements have been placed on the parapet of the double ramp, and the perspective, which is very imperfect in ] Place, Ninive, vol. iii. plate 18 bis.
