124 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
it at an acute angle, which might represent the twisting of a cord or the movement 
of a stream. One will observe also that in this case the line of the gate, on the 
right side, seems to be produced across the bull’s body; but this is not usual. 
A similar example is seen in fig. 351. The gate with its streams, the bull, and 
the seated goddess are the same, but the male worshiper is standing instead of 
kneeling, and we have a crescent in place of the star. ‘The stream on the side of 
the seated goddess reaches to her hand. ‘These two cylinders represent the usual 
design, but of the few cases known most are badly worn and not worth repeating. 
More usually the worshiper is kneeling; sometimes, however, he is omitted entirely. 
Such a case occurs in fig. 352, an unusually small example of green serpentine. 
Here the wings are seen above the gate, as if under a crossed seat, and there 
are no streams from below the wings. In fig. 353 the streams are drawn with a 
series of angles, and we have a stiff erect tree. Here, again, the worshiper is stand- 
ing. But in fig. 354 the streams are reduced to mere lines (two on one side), the 
top of the tree is truncated, and there is no worshiper. In fig. 355, a shell cylinder, 



\ 
\ 
WS 
\\ 


WMI AY 
MS 


Hl j Y, 
ve : Y, 
J y 



QQ 
\ 
\\ 
\S 
pha 


355 
there are again two streams on the side of the standing worshiper. In fig. 356 we 
note a different drawing of the wings, and there are no streams, a strange omission. 
There is one other cylinder that belongs to this type, and yet varies so much 
from it that it needs special attention. It is quite archaic and of shell, and it is 
possible that it indicates a more primitive design. In fig. 357 we have the seated 
god, apparently bearded, the bull and the kneeling worshiper seizing the stream; 
but the gate is quite transfigured. “Iwo diverging lines rise from the bull’s back, 
and each has a wing; the wider space between the two lines at the top is occu- 
pied with horizontal lines. Unfortunately this cylinder, as in so many cases of this 
material, is very much worn, but the main outlines are unmistakable. The cylinder 
represented in fig. 358 is also very archaic, of marble, and in part lost. Here the 
two figures are mostly missing; and the bull is standing, and not, as in other cases, 
crouched on its knees. Yet one more may be added for completeness, shown in 
fig. 359. Here we have the winged gate over an animal which does not seem to 
be a bull, although the cylinder is rudely cut and badly worn. Behind the animal 
is a smaller one, which may be its young, and before it a man in a boat seems to 
reach towards it, while another man reaches forward on the other side of the boat. 
