THE ASSYRIAN CONCEPTION OF ASHUR, THE CHIEF OF THE GODS 

 The Assyrians conceived their god to be an eagle-headed, winged deity going about with a basket in one 

 hand and a pine cone in the other. One wonders whether the modern custom of wearing wrist watches did 

 not come down to us from the equitation experts of Babylon. This image was carved about 4,000 years ago. 



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