68 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
once what seems to be a sort of wild goat, and once an ibex attacked by a lion. 
In the field we observe the club or mace. In fig. 171 two crossed bulls are attacked 
on each side by a lion, while the profile Gilgamesh, in a short garment, attacks 
one of the lions. There is a branching tree between Gilgamesh and the lion; also 
the heraldic eagle over a small worshiper. In fig. 172 Gilgamesh appears with two 
bulls. In fig. 175, a very archaic shell cylinder, Gilgamesh attacks a lion, which 

in turn attacks a bull whose body crosses that of a lion attacking a second bull. 
In this case the crossed animals do not show the complete symmetry. In most 
cases the two crossed lions attack two bulls. In fig. 174 Gilgamesh is repeated, 
attacking an ibex and a lion. Occasionally Gilgamesh is repeated in a grotesque 
position, as in fig. 173. The club will be observed. ‘The small figure with streams 
will be considered in the next chapter. 



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Gilgamesh and Eabani are very frequently represented together, whether in 
front view or in profile. A case in which both are in profile is seen in fig. 176, where, 
as usual, Gilgamesh attacks the buffalo and Eabani the lion. This cylinder is notice- 
able for the pains which the artist has taken to fill all the blank spaces, giving the 
short effaced inscription its regular position below the horns of the buffaloes. 
There are also an ibex, an oryx, and a cypress tree. 
One of the two companions may be in front view and the other in profile, as 
in fig. 177, where it is Eabani that is in profile. Here the cypress is represented as 
growing on a mountain. This by no means indicates that the buffalo with which 

