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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria

CHAPTER VII
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[PLATE CXIV., Fig.1.

] [Illustration: PLATE 114] The bracelets of the king, like his armlets, were sometimes mere bars of metal, quite plain and without ornament.

More often, however, they were ribbed and adorned with a large rosette at the centre.

Sometimes, instead of one simple rosette, we see three double rosettes, between which project small points, shaped like the head of a spear.
Occasionally these double rosettes appear to be set on the surface of a broad bar, which is chased so as to represent brickwork.

In no case can we see how the bracelets were fastened; perhaps they were elastic, and were slipped over the hand.


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