98 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
gods, but is also worn by men. Still the worshiper may approach bareheaded, 
as a sign of humility in the presence of the god, as we see in figs. 276, 277, 289, 
in two of which cases the worshiper bears a goat in his arms. In fig. 278 the led 
worshiper with the goat is followed by two ser- 
vants who appear to be feminine, one of whom 
carries the object with a handle which we have 
called uncertainly a basket or a pail, but the 
shape of which here seems to indicate that it is 
of metal. In fig. 276 we observe the archaic 
inscription, also the star and the club. Fig. 277 
is an unusually simple one, and the animal borne 
for an offering appears to be not a goat but a gazelle. 
But not always does the worshiper carry any offering. In fig. 279 the wor- 
t of the god is the rare 


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ax, and the character for Shamash is of the largest size. The two attendants on 
the god, or “priests,” each carry a wand. We observe that in figs. 280, 282 the 
god no longer carries his notched weapon, although in fig. 280 clubs, as well as the 
name of the god, are in the field. In fig. 281 
we have the notched weapon and four ap- 
proaching figures, but in fig. 282 the rays from 
the god’s shoulders and the approaching figures 
are sufficient indication to identify the deity. 
In the two first of the cylinders figured in 
this chapter we saw a god designated as Sha- 
mash by both the rays and the streams. In 
the succeeding figures only the rays have ap- 
peared, although there were other means of identification, the mountain on which 
the god sat, the fishes, the gate and porter, and the character which gives his name. 
We have also seen the seated god with streams in fig. 140). We now have to con- 
sider those cylinders in which the characteristic mark of the god is the streams by 
which he is surrounded, 

