LIFE-FOEM IN AKT. 

 Fig. 76. 



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Figure 76 might also represent the lower half of either this (Fig. 70) or the one 

 following, Figure 71. But here we are forced to remember the shape of the calici- 

 form design found at Allahabad, Fig. 77, more particularly since no connecting 

 band is seen in Figure 76. 



Fig. 77. 



Were the Asiatic model ever represented as duplicated above and below a given plane, 

 which would thus serve as a base for both, we would feel inclined to refer Figure 70 

 to such. The absence of this band is in our judgment sufficient to prevent such 

 reference. Were further defence of the position we have taken necessary, we could 

 refer to the bisected ram's horn at base of Figure 58, which is almost an exact 

 inverted counterpart of ultimate F. Fig. 55. 



We conceive that the continuous ornament presenting the palm-tree foliage, so 

 frequently met with in the remains at Nineveh, (Fig. 78,) is composed of the pro- 

 duced crescents of the ram's-horn figure turned upward from the vertical to a more 

 horizontal position, while the upper of the three bands is alone retained. 



Fig. 78. 



In another variety of this ornament found at the same locality, we find that the 

 fruit branches have been selected to give emphasis to the design. Thus Figure 79 



Fig. 7t). 



is complete without the ram's horn appearing in any guise. 



JS^OW it is highly probable, judging from the designs here selected, that the 

 Greeks choose for their continuous ornamentation (Fig. 80) the latter of these, 



