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A History of Art in Sardinia and Judaea. seen neither about Egyptian nor yet Assyrian arches. 1 The striking characteristic of our pylon are the twin pillars with height double their diameter. We have said in another place that their presence at the entrance of the Assyrian temple, contributed not a little to invest it with a stamp of originality ; and that like the Fig. 143. — Jewish Tomb after Cassas, Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie (in-folio, 1799 torn iii Plate XXXVI. Egyptian obelisk, they were placed there for no constructive need and could be displaced at will without injuring the edifice. 2 In countries where stone and marble were scarce, similar columns, as at Tyre and Gades, were in metal, coloured glass, or some other 1 Hist, of Art, torn. ii. pp. 344-348, Fig. 207. 2 Ibid., torn. iii. pp. 119-121.