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6. A god or man, nude except for a belt, seizing witli one hand the head of a 

 gazelle, which stands on its hindlegs and has turned its head backward, 

 with the other the tail of a scorpion. Between the two animals is a horned 

 serpent, and underneath the scorpion a knot ornament. The original, of 

 limestone, is owned by Mrs. Talcott Williams. (Cat. No. 311261, U.S.N.M.) 



Plate 15 



1. Marduk fighting Tiamat, the personification of chaos and cosmic disorder, 



who is represented as a composite monster with human head, eagle's 

 wings, and body of a lion. The scene is doubled for the sake of sym- 

 metry (pi. 3). The object at the bottom of the seal is not determined. 

 The original, of limestone, is owned by Mrs. Talcott Williams. (Cat. No. 

 311260, U.S.N.M.) 



2. Contest with animals (gazelles ?). In the field, the winged disk of Ashur 



and the spearheaded ashera of Marduk reversed. The original, of schist, 

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

 (Cat. No. 207925, U.S.N.M.) 



3. God or man between two gazelles, seizing one by the head, the other by the 



tail. The original, of calcite, from Hillah, Mesopotamia, is in the United 

 States National Museum. (Cat. No. 207917, U.S.N.M.) 



4. Contest with gazelles (?). The original, of white quartzite, is owned by 



Frederick Stearns. (Cat. No. 158436, U.S.N.M.) 



Plate 16 



1. Two naked figures in fight with monsters. A third figure has his right foot 



on the head of the animal which the other holds by its hind legs upside 

 down. In the field, a fish, crescent, a pointed club with projections in 

 the center, and an indefinable object. The original is owned by Miss M. 

 W. Bruce. (Cat. No. 1.30274, U.S.N.M.) 



2. Three horned animals — fallow deer (?) — disporting themselves in a field, 



seven dots (pi. 3, No. 1), tree, and an indefinable object. The original, of 

 porcelain, from Baghdad, Mesopotamia, is owned by Prof. H. Hyvernat. 

 (Cat. No. 300594, U.S.N.M.) 



3. Hunting scene : Man with bow aiming at a fleeing deer. In the field, 



crescent (Sin, the moon god) and rayed sun disk (Shamash), or star 

 (Ishtar). The original, of schist, from Hillah. Mesopotamia, is in the 

 United States National Museum. (Cat. No. 207946, U.S.N.M.) 



4. In the center Enkidu (pi. 1) fighting a lion, whose forelegs he has grasped. 



To the right a lion has in its mouth the snake-like head of some animal, 

 and is in turn attacked by a winged monster. The original is owned by 

 Mrs. Talcott Williams. (Cat. No. 311281. U.S.N.M.) 



5. Agricultural seal. Seated deity holding a stalk of wheat. Before him a 



man driving an animal with a curved stick. On the side of the animal 

 are two grain stalks fastened to poles. In the field, crescent ; two columns 

 of inscription. The original, of mixed diorite, from Baghdad, Mesopo- 

 tamia, is owned by H. Hyvernat. (Cat. No. 300592, U.S.N.M.) 



Plate 17 



1. Engraved in two registers which are separated by a geometric band of 

 squares and dots. In the upper register are depicted two worship scenes, 

 to the left a god in elaborate dress seated on an ornamented chair, his 

 right hand raised in blessing. Before him a worshipper holding a kid or 



