 ... delineate the muscles. The feet are shod with boots which have the ends turned up, the head is usually covered with the so-called Phrygian cap, and a spear is often placed in one hand. A modification of the winged solar disk of Assyria is not unusual,...  Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology - Page 248by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) - 1882Full view - About this book
 | Archibald Henry Sayce - 1881 - 88 pages
...(1852), Vol. I, p. 352. It is now in the British Museum, and entitled the " Monolith of a King." 1 I must first describe briefly the characteristics...prototype of the Seljukian eagle of later days. At Eynk also we have two sphinxes, which, though modelled on an Egyptian model, differ profoundly from... | |
 | Palestine Exploration Fund - 1881 - 840 pages
...winged solar disk of Assyria is not unusual, and at Eyuk we find a representation of a doubled-headed eagle, which seems the prototype of the Seljukian...reminds us of the prehistoric statue of Niobe on Mount Sipylus. At Boghaz Keui, the female deities wear mural crowns, from which we may infer the Hittite... | |
 | 1885 - 322 pages
...treating of the monuments of the Hittites, observes : " At Eynk ... on the eastern bank of the Halys ... we find a representation of a double-headed eagle, which seems the prototype of the Seljukian engle of later days " (Trans. Soc. Bil. Archaeol. vii. 250). And again, he says : " If Boghaz Keui... | |
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