 | Robert Aspland - 1849 - 786 sidor
...earliest sculptures of Nimroud, the king is only seen in adoration before one symbol of the deity—the figure with the wings and tail of a bird enclosed in a circle, resembling the Ormuzd of the Persian monuments. Although there are eagle-headed figures, and other... | |
 | sir Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 442 sidor
...raised in prayer or adoration. Between them was the oft-recurring sacred tree, above which, hovered that emblem of the supreme deity — a human figure, with the wings and tail of a bird, enclosed in a circle,—which was adopted by the Persians, and is the type of Ormuzd, or the great God of the Zoroastian... | |
 | David Mather Masson - 1851 - 314 sidor
...multiform and various than that of the Egyptians or of the Greeks. The symbol of the supreme deity was a human figure with the wings and tail of a bird enclosed in a circle; and in the earliest monuments the king is represented in the act of worship before this symbol alone. Baal... | |
 | George Smith - 1853 - 464 sidor
...very rare on Assyrian relics, and is highly interesting, as confirming the conjecture that the mythic human figure, with the wings and tail of a bird, enclosed in a circle, was the symbol of the Triune God, the supreme deity of the Assyrians, and of the Persians, their successors... | |
 | George Smith - 1854 - 696 sidor
...very rare on Assyrian relics, and is highly interesting, as confirming the conjecture that the mythic human figure, with the wings and tail of a bird, enclosed in a circle, was the symbol of the Triune God, the supreme deity of the Assyrians, and of the Persians, their successors... | |
 | Crystal palace - 1854 - 250 sidor
...crescent is simply an old attribute of Persian and Assyrian rule. Over the king is frequently seen a figure with the -wings and tail of a bird, enclosed in a circle, resembling the Ormuz or good spirit of Persepolis, and analogous to the vulture guardian of Egypt;... | |
 | 1854 - 768 sidor
...only seen in adoration before one symbol of the Deity—the figure of which we have already spoken, with the wings and tail of a bird enclosed in a circle, resembling the Ormuzd of the Persian monuments. He is generally standing or kneeling beneath this circled... | |
 | 1854 - 760 sidor
...only seen in adoration before one symbol of the Deity—the figure of which we have already spoken, with the wings and tail of a bird enclosed in a circle, resembling the Ormuzd of the Persian monuments. He is generally standing or kneeling beneath this circled... | |
 | Henry Green Clarke - 1855 - 112 sidor
...apparently engaged in sacrifice, standing facing one another separated by the Supreme Deity—a haman figure with the wings and tail of a bird, enclosed in a circle, and holding a ring in one hand—and followed by winged figures of priests or presiding divinities. Each king holds a mace or... | |
 | Robert Ferguson - 1855 - 120 sidor
...adoration. Between them was the sacred tree, above which hovered the emblem of the supreme deity—a human figure with the wings and tail of a bird, enclosed in a circle. The kings appeared to be attired for the performance of some religious service. In another chamber... | |
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emblem of the supreme deity — a human figure, with the wings and tail of a bird, enclosed in a circle, and holding a ring in one hand, resembling the image so frequently occurring on the early sculptures of Persia, and at one time conjectured to be... 
