The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (Of 7): Babylon
The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (Of 7): Babylon
Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902
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, Fig. 3. ] The Babylonians certainly employed glass for vessels for a small size. They appear not to have been very skilful blowers, since their bottlesare not unfrequently misshappen. [PLATE XX. , Fig. 3. ] They generallystained their glass with, some coloring matter, and occasionallyornamented it with a ribbing. Whether they were able to form massesof glass of any considerable size, whether they used it, like theEgyptians, for beads and bugles, or for mosaics, is uncertain. If wesuppose a fo...undation in fact for Pliny's story of the great emerald (?)presented by a king of Babylon to an Egyptian Pharaoh, we must concludethat very considerable masses of glass were produced by the Babylonians, at least occasionally; for the said emerald, which can scarcely havebeen of any other material, was four cubits (or six feet) long and threecubits (or four and a half feet) broad. Of all the productions of the Babylonians none obtained such, highrepute in ancient times as their textile fabrics. Their carpetsespecially were of great celebrity, and were largely exported to foreigncountries.
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