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Updated: May 26, 2025
As for the base it is hardly more than a repetition of the capital, and must have been of the same material; and that material was metal, the only substance that, when bent by the hand or beaten by the hammer, takes almost of its own motion those graceful curves that we call volutes. We believe then in a bronze capital gilded. Under the volutes three rings, or astragali, may be seen.
Some day, perhaps, the exact significance of this emblem may be explained, we are content to point out the variety and happy arrangement of the sinuous lines which surround and enframe the richly decorated pilaster that acts as its stem. The astragali, the ibex horns and the volutes, may all be easily recognized here. Ivory plaque found at Nimroud. Actual size.
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