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Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933 McClure, M. L., d. 1918
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Publisher: London : Grolier Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE HBMISPEOS OF HATHOE AKD bIsC, AT GEBEL-BAEKAL. the cliff a rock-hewn shrine, which he dedicated to Hathorand Bisii (Bes), the patron of jollity and happiness, and thegod of music and of war. Bisii, who was at first relegatedto the lowest rank among the crowd of genii adored by thepeople, had gradually risen to the highest place in the 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a Hthograph in Caillaud 144 THE POWER OP ASSYRIA AT ITS ZENITH hierarchy of the gods, and his images predominated inchapels destined to represent the cradle of the infant gods,and the sacred spots where goddesses gave birth to theirdivine offspring. The portico erected in front of the pylonhad a central avenue of pUlars, against which stood
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ENTKANOE TO THE HEMISPEOS OF Bt&t (bES), AT GEBEL-BARKAL. monstrous and grinning statues of Bisu, his hands on hiships, and his head crowned with a large bunch of lotus-flowers and plumes. Two rows of columns with Hathor-headed capitals flanked the central aisle, which led to ahall supported by massive columns, also with Hathorcapitals, and beyond it again lay the actual shrine similarlyexcavated in the rocky hill; two statues of Bisu, standing 1 Drawn by Paucher-Gudin, from a lithograph in Caillaud. THE SYRIAN POLICY OP TAHARQA 145 erect against their supporting columns, kept guard over theentrance, and their fantastic forms, dimly discernible in thegloom, must have appeared in ancient times to haveprohibited the vulgar throng from approaching the inner-most sanctuary. Half of the roof has fallen in since thebuilding was deserted, and a broad beam of hght fallingthrough the aperture thus made reveals the hideousgrotesqueness of the statues to all comers.The portraits of Taharqa r

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