98/170 31], or when a lion receives his death-wound with arms outspread, and mouth wildly agape. 2.] [Illustration: PLATE 66] The second period of Assyrian mimetic art extends from the latter part of the eighth to nearly the middle of the seventh century before our era; or, more exactly, from about B.C.721 to B.C.667. It belongs to the reigns of the three consecutive kings--Sargon, Sennacherib, and Esar-haddon, who were contemporary with Hezekiah and Manasseh in Judaea, and with the Sabacos (Shebeks) and Tirhakah (Tehiak) in Egypt. The sources which chiefly illustrate this period are the magnificent series of engravings published by MM. |