Some of her own fabrics may possibly have been of silk, which in Roman times was a principal Assyrian export.

Whether she exported her other peculiar productions, her transparent and colored glass, her exquisite metal bowls, plates, and dishes, her beautifully carved ivories, we cannot say.

They have not hitherto been found in any place beyond her dominion, so that it would rather seem that she produced them only for home consumption.

Some ancient notices appear to imply a belief on the part of the Greeks and Romans that she produced and exported various spices.

Horace speaks of Assyrian nard Virgil of Assyrian _amomuum_, Tibullus of Assyrian odors generally.