§ 1. TEMPLES 239
§ 2. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE 246
§ 3. TOMBS 253
§ 4. PHŒNICIAN SCULPTURE 262
§ 5. CYPRIOTE SCULPTURE 269
§ 6. PHŒNICIAN AND CYPRIOTE POTTERY 277
§ 7. PHŒNICIAN GLASS 283
§ 8. BRONZES AND ORNAMENTS 288
§ 9. ENGRAVED STONES 294
CHAPTER IX.
ARCHÆOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AT SUSA.
§ 1. M. DE MORGAN’S MISSION IN SUSIANA 299
§ 2. CHRONOLOGY OF THE RUINS ACCORDING TO RECENT DISCOVERIES 303
§ 3. THE PRINCIPLES OF BUILDING 313
§ 4. STONE SCULPTURE 316
§ 5. BRONZE METAL-WORK 326
§ 6. JEWELLERY AND THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS 331
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FIGURE PAGE
1. Brick from Tello 5
2. Plan of the palace at Tello 9
3. Section of pillar 10
4. Corbelled vaulting at Mugheir 14
5. Socket for pivot of door from Tello 18
6. Terra-cotta cone from Tello 18
7. Drainage pipe at Mugheir 20
8. Foundation cylinder from Khorsabad 22
9. Bas-relief from Tello 23
10. Bas-relief from Tello 24
11. The Vulture Stela 25
12. The Vulture Stela 25
13. The Vulture Stela 26
14. Chaldæan head 27
15. Chaldæan head 27
16. Chaldæan statue 28
17. Chaldæan statue 29
18. Foot of Chaldæan vase 31
19. Bas-relief from Tello 32
20. Bas-relief from Tello 32
21. The “Caillou Michaux” 34
22. Stela of Marduk-nadin-akhi 34
23. Chaldæan statuette in bronze 35
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