Aug. 4, 168.\] 



• KNOWLEDGE 



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WEATHER CHARTS FOR WEEK ENDING SUNDAY. JULY 30. 



Sunday, SSkd. 



Monday, 24x11. 



Tlesday, 2.')tii. 



Wkdn'esdav, 2Cth. 



Thdhsday, 27tii 



Friday, SSth. 



Saturday, £9Tn. 



Sunday- 30rii. 



' -"■"• iSUNDAY-, ourii. 



letters^he * denotes the various Btationa. The hot:7;r;hicVeach ch^' is SarL' 6 p'.m."- '''' '""' °^ '^^^ ■*" '^ °°'*^ '■" ^"I""'*' 



CHALDEAN ANTIQUITIES AT THE LOUVRE 



^LTIIOUGH it wni bo .ecos.a:7 to await tho pnblicntion of 

 XX. M, do Sarzoc s pronueod work on liisoTnln.nHW i „t -1 • 

 posmbloto finally assi-n to hirChahl L .!l' n ?' *^°'"''.' '' 

 L tv,_ 1 ■ i <• -^ ""■^■„" w) 1118 (.naidoan relics thoir true nosition 



L thi« "? t '°""",'- ^■'" "^"^ "'•'^ -^ f«" considerations'^ogrrd" 

 mg th.8 primitive civilisation, ooncorninR more nniticnlarlv tho 

 peculiar .ty le pour.rayod in ,l,o objects themscN^ w 1^ ^e J 

 interost T„a is specially the oa'so because of (1 o ectuacnli 

 thosa-Usi.o"'"'' -^"^'"''"°f -^ «"«' collection of an.iquiHesTom 

 Before proceeding to discuss thesn. it is worthy of notice that wo 

 can Kloan enough from M. doSarzoo's letter to th^- French Academy 

 to make ,t certain that the nrchitootural arrnnfjomont of ho cd li "s 



uottV^ndHr:::"™"™ " v-t'^ '^"■™''^' ■•■"'"' •'--"•^v i-- •" 



uottn, and Rassani, as essential fraturos of tho temples and nalacos 

 of Assyria. For like these, the buildings lately Lear hod havo 

 Uio angles carefully oriented to tho cardinal points of Vl^ com? 



Fo^:d:tio,r':or;s™"'f 1 ""'',' !"•-•"'.--"'«' uponamassTo 

 hi^f l„ \ """?" "^ '■'■'"'•' ^'""'•'« comontod with bitnmen 



eCr b:r„ Lzf'^' " ^■■«^-™'- - '^""^"-^ --^ -'-^-^ 



stiinesTsnccilli!'"'' °''^''^''/ f^ '•'° '""•«'="<'" ""^ "'« '""""ous 

 suitnes rspocially a group of them found crowdo<l t<.gotl>or beneath i 

 .be soil in the large edifice occupying the principal m^,,,nd a. avm,! ' 



.re ttoH . '^.T'T'/!',' ''■'■,""' "''""'^^ proximity of position. Ihey 

 are muted by the fact that they ore and all bear the name and titles 

 oft.udea pates, of /irgnlla. This collectionof statues, and indeed 

 all those found atTello, have one stereotyped attidnde, viz , tho arms 

 crossed upon ho breast, the right hAnd held in ;he left. Tlu'' 

 posture .8 snniar to that which in Assyrian bas-reliefs (and iudecf 

 among Orientals at the present day) is indicative of the rcspTt of 



in the lello figures n.ay bo because it was the conventional attitude 

 considered proper for a statue, yet it seems mon, natural to seek 

 for some other explanation. M. Uouzey, in his memoir on the 

 sub ect, suggests one which certainly seems reasonable, and also 

 enables us to understand why ,ho largest statue of all, wCh 

 :?!!;":i'l.'^,l''.."-,^!>''7''«r'"«l<-.""K «f *<« cuneiform inscription t 

 exception to tho rule.» llis 



certainly that of (iudea, should bo 



d Heroulo cat 6ngei oette statue do Gndea "pat^-si" do Sirtolla 

 ?1? C""8t.-u,t lo templo do Moulkit (nel.). II „ promis do donner 

 o rnellement auss. longtomps qu'il acm gouverneur, un bath do 



maldrtio^de:n""n ' ""'"P'T,'" '""" '^"'"•"'^"' P"" '''""'>™'- '« 

 mr r „ 1- "^"^ ^ ' '"J""<"ion d'Horeule ; puisse-til, 



our remplir sa promesso, ciiVuter son intention dans le tcmnl,. 



(I llercule, et ijuo sa pri<yrc dovienno vfriu^. 



