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

CHAPTER VII
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The furniture of tents consisted of tables, couches, footstools, and domestic utensils of various kinds.

[PLATE CIX., Fig.

1.] Within the fortified enclosure, but outside the tents, were the chariot and horses of the monarch, an altar where sacrifice could be made, and a number of animals suitable for food, as oxen, sheep, and goats.
It appears that occasionally the advance of the troops was along a road.
Ordinarily, however, they found no such convenience, but had to press forward through woods and over mountains as they best could.

Whatever the obstructions, the chariot of the monarch was in some way or other conveyed across them, though it is difficult to suppose that he could have always remained, as he is represented, seated in it.

Probably he occasionally dismounted, and made use of one of the led horses by which he was always accompanied, while sometimes he even condescended to proceed on foot.


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