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XLV. The Engraved Gems, brought from Babylon to England by Abraham Lockett, Esq. Secretary to the Council of the College of Fort William in Bengal, considered with reference to early Scriptural History. By John Landseer, Esq. F.S.A. Engraver to his Majesty, and Member of the London Royal Academy of Arts, in a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G.C.B. P.R.S. &c. &c.

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John Landseer Esq.
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The following Observations, tending to shew that the Signets of the nations which anciently inhabited the banks of the Euphrates were, at least in some instances, of a cylindrical form, may perhaps not be unworthy of your attention, and that of the Society of Antiquaries.

The observations were suggested chiefly by the contemplation of a considerable number of engraved Gems of this kind which are in my possession, and which have been recently dug up at Babylon, and brought to England by that persevering Oriental traveller and scholar, Capt. Abraham Lockett.

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Archaeologia , Volume 18 , 1817 , pp. 371 - 384
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1817

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page 375 note a See. Lect. 1. edit, 1807.

page 375 note a See Malcolm's Persia, vol i. p. 37.