DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECHIENS FIGURED IN THE PLATES 



Plate 1 



1. Original cj'linder seals. Natural size. 



a. Chalcedony. Hillah, Mesopotamia. (Cat. No. 207924, U.S.N.M..) 

 &. Hematite. Engraved in two registers. Hillah, Mesopotamia. (Cat. 

 No. 207938, U.S.N.M.) 



c. Lapis-lazuli. Barrel-shaped. Hillah, Mesopotamia. (Cat. No. 207941, 



U.S.N.M.) 



d. Jasper. Concave. Hillah, Mesopotamia. (Cat. No. 207921, U.S.N.M.) 



e. Carnelian. Hilliah, Mesopotamia. (Cat. No. 207901, U.S.N.M.) 



f. Hematite. Hillah. (Cat. No. 207.960, U.S.N.M.) 



2. Original flat or stamp seals. Natural size. 



a. Spheroid. Chalcedony. Vicinity of Baghdad, Syria. (Cat. No. 158358, 



U.S.N.M.) 

 6. Scaraboid. Chalcedony. Asia Minor. (Cat. No. 158362, U.S.N M.) 



c. Cone. Chalcedony. Hillah, Mesopotamia. (Cat. No. 207942, U.S.N.M.) 



d. RiDgstone. Chalcedony. Asia Minor. (Cat. No. 158370, U.S.N.M.) 

 e Spheroid. Hematite. Asia Minor. (Cat. No. 158414, U.S.N.M.) 



3. Gilgamesh and Enkidu in battle with the divine bull and the lion, respec- 



tively. Both heroes are represented en face, bearded and nude, wearing 

 the horned tiara, indicating their semidivine character. The lower part 

 of Enkidu is of an animal. One line of inscription. The original of .schist, 

 from Hillah, Mesopotamia, is in the United States National Museum. 

 (Cat. No. 207907, U. S. N. M.) See above p. 6.) 



4. Gilgamesh and Enkidu. The repre.seutation of the two heroes is the same 



as in No. 3. But here the roles are changed. Gilgamesh is attacking the 

 lion and Enkidu the bull, grasping it by the hindlegs with head down. 

 Two lines of inscription. The original of jasper, from Hillah, Mesopotamia, 

 is in the United States National Museum. (Cat. No. 207921, U.S.N.M.) 



Plate 2 



1. Battle of Gilgamesh and Enkidu with the bull and lion. Enkidu grasps the 



forelegs of the lion, while Gilgamesh, with his head turned to the right, 

 holds with the left hand one of the forelegs of the bull, with the right he 

 seems to wield a club. At the other end is perhaps a repetition of Gil- 

 gamesh attacking another animal (leopard?). In the field, between Enkidu 

 and the lion, is a club or the arrowheaded column {ashera) of Marduk. 

 The original of mixed diorite Bagdad, Mesopotamia, is owned by Prof. 

 H. Hyvernat. (Cat. No. 300577, U.S.N.M.) 



2. Gilgamesh and Enkidu in battle with the lion and bull. The animals are 



in the center, the heroes at the ends. The original of greenstone from 

 Aintab, Syria, is owned by Dr. Frederick Stearns. (Cat. No. 158432, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



3. Contest with fantastic animals. In the field the winged disk symbolizing 



the god Ashur and the column of the god Marduk. The original of 

 schist from Hillah, Mesopotamia, is in the United States National Museum. 

 (Cat. No. 207928, U.S.N.M.) 

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