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Wild-sow and pigs

Wild-sow and pigs.jpg Cuneiform InscriptionThumbnailsChaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)Cuneiform InscriptionThumbnailsChaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)Cuneiform InscriptionThumbnailsChaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)Cuneiform InscriptionThumbnailsChaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)
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The wild animals indigenous in Babylonia appear to be chiefly the following:—the lion, the leopard, the hyeena, the lynx, the wild-cat, the wolf, the jackal, the wild-boar, the buffalo, the stag, the gazelle, the jerboa, the fox, the hare, the badger, and the porcupine. The Mesopotamian lion is a noble animal.

The wild-boar frequents the river banks and marshes, as depicted in the Assyrian sculptures.

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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea, by George Rawlinson
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