History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903) (14768355374)

Identifier: cu31924091762140 (find matches) 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 Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient Publisher: London : Grolier Society Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: THE TWO IKAOTAN ALTARS OF MUKGAB.^ ^ According to Perrot and Chipiez, it is not impossible that thesealtars were older than the great buildings of Persepolis, and that theywere erected for the old Persian town which Darius raised to the positionof capital. ^ Drawn by Boudier, from Flandin and Coste. Text Appearing After Image: THE SACRIFICES 33 woods, preferably cypress or laurel; ^ care was taken not toquicken the flame by blowing, for the human breath wouldhave desecrated the fire by merely passing over it; deathwas the punishment for any one who voluntarily committedsuch a heinous sacrilege. The recognised offering consistedof flowers, bread, fruit, and perfumes, but these were oftenaccompanied, as in all ancient religious, by a bloodysacrifice ; the sacrifice of a horse was considered the mostefficacious, but an ox, a cow, a sheep, a camel, an ass, or astag was frequently offered :in certain circumstances,especially when it was de-sired to conciliate thefavour of the god of theunderworld, a human vic-tim, probably as a survivalof very ancient rites, waspreferred.^ The king,whose royal position made him the representative of 1 Pausanias, who witnessed the cult as practised at Hierocassarasa,remarked the curious colour of the ashes heaped upon the altar. 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the impression of a

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