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34 HISTORY OF ART IN PHCENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. Rey (Fig. 31) also represents a worshipper with an offering. A person dressed in a costume like that we have been describing bears on his shoulders a headless animal, which appears to be a FIG. 30. Fragment of a statuette in rough limestone. Height 8 inches. Louvre. ram from its general shape. We know from the tariffs that a ram was a common sacrifice. This motive as a whole was a favourite in Phoenicia, and we may attribute to that country a