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would seem much more likely that they are loaves or cakes of some sort, in which 
case the kneeling figure is either reaching out to steal the bread or he is a baker 
making bread. 
A fourth cylinder (fig. 394) is simpler in design, but reduced, as necessitated 
by its smaller size. Here we see the man on the eagle, but only one dog is looking 
up, and no man. We have a gridiron-shaped indication of a wattled fence, towards 
which a shepherd is driving two goats and a sheep. We have the large amphora, 
and only one figure sitting by it. We have also the small circles, but there is not 
room for the small kneeling figure either making or stealing the “loaves.” But 
this cylinder adds one important element to the story. The man on the eagle, the 
shepherd, and the man seated by the amphora are all clearly bearded; they are not, 
then, women or children. It is to be regretted that the kneeling figure is not here 
included in the story, that we might know whether it is a man or a child. 
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A fifth very elaborate cylinder belonging to Lord aa and quite equal 
to the first, is shown in fig. 395. Here is the man borne by the eagle, with the dogs 
looking up; beside them are two vessels. But we have also a second eagle in the 
branches of a tree, and a small animal by him, which perhaps he has seized and is 
carrying off, and two lions are at the base of the tree, one of them rampant as if 
looking up, perhaps angry that his prey has been snatched from him. A gridiron- 
shaped object represents the fence of the sheep-pen, before which stands the figure 
with hand lifted towards the second eagle, which we have seen gazing at the eagle 
with the man on its back. Behind him is the shepherd with a whip driving a goat 
and three sheep. Above the sheep, in place of the two men sitting about the amphora, 
is one seated man tipping a one-handled amphora. We have also the small circles, 
not inclosed in a rectangle, and the kneeling figure seems to have his hand on one 
of the “loaves.” Below his hand 1s a tall rectangular object, held by a kneeling 
figure; it might possibly be a receptacle into which the man above was about to 
drop the “loaf,” or it might represent yet an additional scene in the life of the hero. 
This cylinder shows us that the rape of the hero by the eagle, like that of Ganymede, 
is not the only feat of the eagle in the legend. It is also to be observed that the 
eagle is very much in the attitude of the eagle of Lagash. 
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