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are probably the shields of the warriors. The rowers are evidently placed on a lower as well as on an upper deck.

(Layard, I. Series, Pl. 71.)

(Layard, I. Series, Pl. 71.)

No representations of naval engagements have as yet been met with on the Assyrian bas-reliefs, but they may be found hereafter.