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led into Syria against Rehoboam. The greater number on the
side of the conquerors have a kind of high round cap on their
heads, and are armed with scimitars or daggers, long swords, and
round shields. One with these accoutrements has just seized by
the hair an enemy who' is wounded by a royal arrow; an-
other is thrusting a dagger into his adversary's ribs ; and a third
is tying up the elbows of a wounded prisoner to lead him be-
fore his commander, and probably to receive the reward of his
prowess.
The conquered have a long loose dress, which hangs down their
backs by a string that passes round their necks and shoulders,
and is tied to the waist by a broad sash. It is generally painted
with blue and white stripes, or blue with a white border; and
they have all beards.
In a neighbouring compartment the monarch with the royal
diadem, attended by his whole court, is seated at the back of his
car, to which the horses are harnessed, but kept from rushing
forward by two men who hold them by the reins, and by two
others who grasp their feet with their hands. His bow is in his
left hand, his quiver at his side, while with the right hand he
points with calm exultation to the horrid scene before him,
in which two of the executioners are throwing at the royal
feet, heaps of hands and other limbs cut from the captives which
he had taken in battle. Behind each of these stands a secre-
tary, who is noting down the numbers delivered in. Below,
part of the wall has been purposely defaced. From this circum-
stance, and from the appearance of a knife in one part, we may
conjecture that here were represented the varied processes of mu-
tilation. Behind the secretaries are the different officers of the
court, whose lifted hands mark that they are adoring the presence
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led into Syria against Rehoboam. The greater number on the
side of the conquerors have a kind of high round cap on their
heads, and are armed with scimitars or daggers, long swords, and
round shields. One with these accoutrements has just seized by
the hair an enemy who' is wounded by a royal arrow; an-
other is thrusting a dagger into his adversary's ribs ; and a third
is tying up the elbows of a wounded prisoner to lead him be-
fore his commander, and probably to receive the reward of his
prowess.
The conquered have a long loose dress, which hangs down their
backs by a string that passes round their necks and shoulders,
and is tied to the waist by a broad sash. It is generally painted
with blue and white stripes, or blue with a white border; and
they have all beards.
In a neighbouring compartment the monarch with the royal
diadem, attended by his whole court, is seated at the back of his
car, to which the horses are harnessed, but kept from rushing
forward by two men who hold them by the reins, and by two
others who grasp their feet with their hands. His bow is in his
left hand, his quiver at his side, while with the right hand he
points with calm exultation to the horrid scene before him,
in which two of the executioners are throwing at the royal
feet, heaps of hands and other limbs cut from the captives which
he had taken in battle. Behind each of these stands a secre-
tary, who is noting down the numbers delivered in. Below,
part of the wall has been purposely defaced. From this circum-
stance, and from the appearance of a knife in one part, we may
conjecture that here were represented the varied processes of mu-
tilation. Behind the secretaries are the different officers of the
court, whose lifted hands mark that they are adoring the presence
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