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Title: Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820
Year: 1821 (1820s)
Authors: Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842
Subjects: Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842
Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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the neck of the one to theneck of the other, till the mark of bondage reaches to the last inthe line. If it were also originally attached to the leader, thecord is now without trace there; his hands, however, are evi-dently in the same trammels as his followers. The secondfigure in the procession has his hair so close to his head that itappears to have been shaven, and a kind of caul covers it fromthe top of the forehead to the middle of the head. He is dressedin a short tunic, reaching no further than the knee; a belt fastensit round the waist; his legs are bare. Behind this figure, is amuch older person, with a rather pointed beard and bushy hair,and a similar caul covers the top of his head. He too is habitedin a short tunic, with something like the trowser, or booted ap-pearance on the limbs which is seen on some of the figures atPersepolis. In addition to the binding of the hands, the pre-ceding figure, and this, are fastened together by a rope round * See Plate XVII. Vol. I. ! (
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//^//j,j//rr. ■// iKitJm. hMjhnl by l„m,m,m »■ IT MP.. A TRAIN OF CAPTIVES. I57 their necks, which (as I noted before) runs onward, noosingall the remaining eight in one string. This last described personhas the great peculiarity attached to him, of the skirt of his gar-ment being covered entirely with inscription in the arrow-headedcharacter. Next follows one in along vestment, with full hair,without the caul. Then another in a short plain tunic, withtrowsers. Then succeeds a second long vestment. After him,comes one in a short tunic, with naked legs, and, apparently, aperfectly bald head. He is followed by another in long vest-ments. But the ninth, and last in the group, who, also, is inthe short tunic and trowser, has the singularity of wearing aprodigious high pointed cap; his beard and hair are much amplerthan any of his companions, and his face looks of a greater age.In the air, over the heads of the center figures, appears thefloating intelligence in his circle and car o

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