Editing Sterling Memorial Library (section)

===Entrance relief===
[[File:Sterling Library bas relief panorama.jpg|thumb|350px|Relief above the front entrance doors on High Street]]
A relief above the library's main entrance symbolizes the scholarly achievements of ancient civilizations. It is the work of architectural sculptor [[Rene Paul Chambellan]], who executed a design produced by [[Lee Lawrie]].<ref name="ELIS" />{{rp|282}} The scene depicts [[Cro-Magnon]], [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]], [[Assyria]]n, [[Israelites|Hebrew]], [[Arabs|Arab]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]], [[Maya civilization|Mayan]], and [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] scholars in [[Relief#Bas-relief or low relief|low relief]], with inscriptions from major works in each writing system.<ref name="Decoration" /> At center is a medieval scholar, and directly above the doors are symbolic representations of major civilizations, which include a [[Phoenicia#Phoenician ships|Phoenician ship]], a [[lamassu|Babylonian lamassu]] and the [[Capitoline Wolf|Capitoline wolf]] of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].<ref name="Decoration" />