1012 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Megiddo nannd after the two Syrian divinities " Hadad-Kimmon." 

 GoIds bear the name of Abd-Hadad, "servant of Hadad," wlio reigued 

 ill the fourth century B. 0., at Hieropolis, the later successor of Carche- 

 mish, and in the Assyrian inscriptions there occurs the abbreviated 

 form of "Dada, god of Aleppo." Of the four other divinities named, 

 El became the generic terra for deity among Hebrews and Assyrians. 

 Shemesh is the Sun god (Assyrian Shamash). Keshef appears to be a 

 Hittite divinity, while Eekubel is met with here for the first time. The 

 inscription contains thirty-four lines. The first part (lines 1 to 15) 

 contains the dedication of Panammu to the gods to whom the monument 

 was erected, who conferred on him the government over Ja'di, and 

 granted the land plenty and abundance. The second part (lines 13 to 

 24) relates the injunction of Kami to liis son Panammu, that he erect 

 a statue to Hadad and honor him with sacrifices. The third part (lines 

 24 to 34) contains the usual curses against those who should destroy, 

 deface, or carry oft' the monument.^ 



Hittite divinity, with trident and hammer. (See ]>late 28.) Cast 

 from original of dolerite at the Royal Museum, Berlin, Germany. 

 Found at Senjirli, Asia Minor. 



Hittite winged divinity, with head of grifton. (See plate 29.) 

 Cast from original of dolerite at the Royal Museum, Berlin, Geimany. 

 Found at Senjirli, Asia Minor. 



Hittite God of the Chase, holding hares. (See plate 30.) Cast 

 from original of dolerite at the Royal Museum, Berlin, Germany. 

 Found at Senjirli, Asia Minor. 



Hittite figure, surmounted by winged sun disk. Cast from orig- 

 inal of calcareous rock at Boghazkeui, Asia Minor. (See plate 31.) 

 The winged solar disk was the emblem of the supreme divinity among 

 the Hittites, Egyptians, and Assyrians. 



Hittite winged sphinx, with human head. (See plate 32.) Cast 

 from original, of dolerite, at the Royal Museum, Berlin, Germany. 

 Found at Senjirli, Asia Minor. It is assumed tliat the Hittite, not the 

 Egyptian, form of the sphinx was the prototype of the sphinx as rep- 

 resented by the Greeks. 



Hittite winged sphinx, Avith double head of man and lion. (See 

 plate 33.) Cast from original, of dolerite, at the Royal Museum, Berlin, 

 Germany. Found at Senjirli, Asia Minor. 



Hittite king, in long robe, with scepter and spear. (See plate 34.) 

 Cast from original, of dolerite, at the Royal Museum, Berlin, Germany. 

 Found at Senjirli, Asia Minor. 



Three Hittite warriors. (See plate 35.) Cast from original, of 

 calcarous rock, at Boghazkeui, Asia Minor. The high-peaked cap aud 

 the pointed boots seen on the figures are still in use among the peas- 

 antry in Asia Minor. 



'Compare Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli I, 1893 (published by the Berlin Museum), 

 Prof. I). H. Mueller in Zeitsclirift fuer die Kunde des Morgenlandes VH, Nos. 2 and 

 3, and in Contemporary Review of April, 1894. 



