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there fall streams of water to the ground. Behind Gilgamesh a vase in the sky 
pours out water which falls to the ground. With this very important cylinder 
should be compared those discussed later in Chapter xxxvii on the Spouting Vase. 
The St. Petersburg Hermitage possesses an unusual cylinder of this type, 
shown in fig. 1294. The same god and goddess stand on their respective dragons. 
Her head is turned back toward him. He raises his right hand, and each holds a 

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rod in the left hand. A second scene shows us a god in a high hat, perhaps Gilga- 
mesh in profile, on one knee, who grasps a walking bull by the horn and presses 
its head down. In the field above are four other dragons, which seem each to be 
walking downward. No one of the six dragons shows the stream from the mouth. 
A very peculiar and much worn cylinder is shown in fig. 130. It is of marble 
and appears to be very archaic. “Two dragons, like those already shown, carry 
each a deity between its wings. The front deity is probably the nude goddess, and 


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the one on the following dragon appears to be a god holding some weapon or whip. 
In front of the god, and above the wing, is a small human figure, apparently a 
worshiper, not facing the god before whom he stands, but with his hand raised in 
the direction of the goddess in front. Between the two dragons stands a larger 
human figure, with both hands raised and spread apart, as if in surprise. Before 
the goddess on the dragon stands another human figure with one hand raised to his 
head, as if shading his eyes, facing the goddess. The remaining portion of this 
design is very peculiar. We have a winged deity standing over a small crouched 
human figure, which might be a crushed foe. His hands reach down and perhaps 
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