Capart, Jean, 1877-1947 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 267
THE EARLIEST PHARAONIC MONUMENTS. 243 end in a human hand grasping a strong cord. This is, in reality, an actual pictographic inscription, as is also the scene which constitutes the upper part of the palette ; a bull vigorously trampling a man under his feet, and about to transfix him with … his horns. This, as Schaefer was the first to recognize, is already an instance of a king " Strong Bull " overthrowing his enemies.^ ' Steindorkf, Elne neiie Art d^yptischcr Kunst, he. cit. p. 131, note i. Mr. Offord remarks that " in the epilogue to tlie Code of Hammurabi, the king, in boasting of…
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