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... head of a king ( Figure 6 ) , wearing the wig - helmet of the old Sumerian rulers , is probably Sargon himself ( Iraqi Museum ) . Though lacking its inlaid eyes and slightly damaged elsewhere , this head is rightly considered one of the ...
... head of a king ( Figure 6 ) , wearing the wig - helmet of the old Sumerian rulers , is probably Sargon himself ( Iraqi Museum ) . Though lacking its inlaid eyes and slightly damaged elsewhere , this head is rightly considered one of the ...
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... head region ; and ciliar to muscular loco- motion organ ; lamellate gills ( ctenidia ) ; paired chemoreceptive sense organ ( osphridia ) ; nervous system tetraneurous with cere- bral ganglia , buccal loop , and 2 pairs of longitudinal ...
... head region ; and ciliar to muscular loco- motion organ ; lamellate gills ( ctenidia ) ; paired chemoreceptive sense organ ( osphridia ) ; nervous system tetraneurous with cere- bral ganglia , buccal loop , and 2 pairs of longitudinal ...
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... head and a narrow ribbon of horsehair . The modern bow , which is really the culmination of a long line of evolution , was perfected late in the 18th century by Francois Tourte of Paris . Its chief point of de- parture is that the curve ...
... head and a narrow ribbon of horsehair . The modern bow , which is really the culmination of a long line of evolution , was perfected late in the 18th century by Francois Tourte of Paris . Its chief point of de- parture is that the curve ...
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