Excerpt from The History of the Art of Writing, Vol. 1: Oriental Series The lion, which, according to some accounts, was one of a pair exactly similar, was originally built into a wall, and it is conjectured that it supported a column. The inscription, which is on the front and on the side of the monument, is cut in relief in horizontal lines, in which the figures are grouped vertically, generally in twos or threes. Judging from the devices - representing human heads, etc. The lines probably read alternately from right to left and from left to right. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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