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separating the two pairs of animals. The orisjinal, of black obsidian, 

 is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Cat. No. 130279, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



7. Deer couchant. The original, a spheroid of hematite, from Hillah. Mesopo- 



tamia, is in the United States National Museum. (Cat. No. 207948, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



8. Caparisoned horse. Persian. The original, a riugstone of agate from Asia 



Minor, is owned by Frederick Stearns. (Cat. No. 158378. U.S.N.M.) 



9. Zebu. Inscription. The original, a spheroid of jasper, from Hillah, Me- 



sopotamia, is in the United States National Museum. (Cat. No. 207954, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



Plate 19 



1. God within an arched gate. The original, pyramidal of clouded chalcedony, 



from the vicinity of Antioch, Syria, is owned by Frederick Stearns. 

 (Cat. No. 158412, U.S.N.M.) 



2. Worshipper before sacred columns or asheras. Above, star (Ishtar). The 



original, a scaraboid of chalcedony, from Hillah, Mesopotamia, is in the 

 United States National Museum. (Cat. No. 207943, U.S.N.M.) 



3. Worshipper in low round cap and long garment with hair looi>ed in back, 



between branches. The original, of pottery, from the vicinity of Antioch, 

 Syria, is owned by Frederick Stearns. (Cat. No. 158424, U.S.N.M.) 



4. Four horned serpents intertwined. In the field, star and inscription. The 



original, a spheroid of jasper, from Asia Minor, is owned by Frederick 

 Stearns. (Cat. No. 158415, U.S.N.M.) 



5. Scorpion, emblem of the goddess Iskhara (pi. 7, No. 2). The original, a 



spheroid of chalcedony, from Cappadocia, Asia Minor, is owned by Fred- 

 erick Stearns. (Cat. No. 158420, U.S.N.M.) 



6. Four masks of a lion (?) arranged to form a cross. The original, a spher- 



oid, is owned by Mrs. Talcott Williams. (Cat. No. 311288, U.S.N.M.) 



7. Heron (?) with open wings. The original, a spheroid of sard, from Cappa- 



docia, Asia Minor, is owned by Fredei'ick Stearns. (Cat. No. 158418, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



8. Winged griffin (?). In the field, star. The original, a spheriod of seri>en- 



tine, from the valley of the Tigris, Mesopotamia, is owned by Frederick 

 Stearns. (Cat. No. 158423, U.S.N.M.) 



9. Engraved in two registers. Above, Nefr, the Egyptian sign for good fortune, 



between two sacred asps (uraei), the Egyptian emblem of sovereignty 

 and majesty ; below, sphinx or some mythical animal. Between the two 

 registers is the Egyptian winged sundisk. The original, a ringstone of 

 chalcedony, from Asia Minor, is owned by Frederick Stearns. (Cat. No. 

 15S361, U.S.N.M.) 



10. Rude Syro-Hittite seal. Bull, with branch above. The original of steatite 



from the vicinity of Canchemish, Syria, is owned by Frederick Stearns. 

 (Cat. No. 158398, U.S.N.M.) 



11. Deeply notched. The three columns are crudely engraved each with a 



seated figure with uplifted hands. The original, of hematite, from Hillah, 

 Mesopotamia, is in the Unitetl States National Museum. (Cat. No. 

 207951, U.S.N.M.) 



Plate 20 



1. Zebu. Over the body, crescent ; between the horns, the sundisk. The 

 original, a ringstone of hematite, is owned by Fredei'ick Stearns. (Cat. 

 No. 158410, U.S.N.M.) 



