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Another very interesting cylinder is seen in fig. 245. Here we have the two 
porters and the god with his foot on a mountain. The gates are represented as 
on the tops of the mountains; and we observe that the god carries the war-club 
instead of the usual notched weapon. A special peculiarity is the second repre- 
sentation, perhaps of the god in his boat as we saw him in fig. 109, it may be in his 
night journey through the underworld. 
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247 
Another example appears in fig. 246, where the god rests his hand on the 
mountain behind him, while his lifted foot rests on the mountain before him. And 
we have also a star and a scorpion. In the same way one hand rests on a mountain 
in fig. 247, a broken cylinder of which enough remains. to show the full design. 
Fig. 248 has a variation in adding a cypress-tree. Fig. 249 is from a much worn 
cylinder, but one of shell, and presumably of a very 
early period. It shows a worshiper under a crescent; 
and the mountains are engraved in a peculiar way. 
In fig. 250 the god carries both his weapons, the flint 
scimitar and the club; and a space for an inscription, 
either erased or never engraved, takes the place of 
one of the porters. 248 
Sometimes but a single gate appears, as in fig. 251. Here we have, besides the 
god and the porter, a worshiper standing before the god, and a second bearded 
and flounced figure with hands lifted. This is decidedly unusual, and I have no 
suggestion to make as to who is represented by it. In fig. 251a the god with rays 
steps on one of the two mountains and seems to hold a club rather than a notched 
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sword in his hand. A worshiper presents a goat. Another case of a single gate 
occurs in fig. 252. Here the god holds in one hand his notched weapon and in the 
other a club. We have observed in figs. 245, 249 the club alone held by him. The 
mountain is made in another conventional way, as if with steps; and an attendant 
god, or priest, leads the worshiper to the god. A similar case appears in fig. 253, 
where the god bears both his notched weapon and his club, and his name is in the 
character behind him. 
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