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History of Phoenicia

CHAPTER VII--AESTHETIC ART
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Behind him his two arms are brought together, tied by a cord, and then firmly attached to a post.

His knees are bent, but do not reach the ground, and his feet are placed with their soles uppermost against the post at its base.

The attitude is one which implies extreme suffering.[784] In front of the prisoner, occupying the centre of the medallion, is the main figure of the upper compartment, a warrior, armed with a spear, who pursues the third figure, a fugitive, and seems to be thrusting his spear into the man's back.

Both have long hair, but are beardless; and wear the _shenti_ for their sole garment.
Between the legs of the main figure is a dog of the jackal kind, which has his teeth fixed in the heels of the fugitive, and arrests his flight.

Below, in the second compartment, are two figures only, a man and a dog.


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