MARDUK WITH THE SCIMITAR. 165 
case has the thickened upper part of the body, such as we find in the serpent- 
scimitar. A small worshiper stands in the restricted space before the god, and a 
second worshiper behind the serpent. The remaining space is given to Eabani 
fighting a lion, and between them a vase over a “libra.” 
Another case in which it may be the same god who appears with his foot on 
an animal is shown in fig. 440. The abrasion of the stone does not allow us to see 
more than the head of the animal, which is like that of a lion. In his right hand 
the god carries the caduceus, with a vase between the two serpents, and from the 
same hand appears to pass a cord attached to the lion’s mouth, just as in the cases 
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where Adad holds a bull. This is very unusual, and it may be that this is not the 
god, but a goddess, for we have a similar case in fig. 415, where Ishtar leads a lion 
in leash. ‘The characteristic scimitar is in the left hand of the deity. The other 
figures are the owner in worship before the god and the servant behind the deity 
with a very narrow vase, which looks more like a thin wedge. In this case what 
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As examples of the more ordinary form of the god, simply designated by his 
scimitar in his left hand, we may give fig. 441. It is rather frequent on these seals 
to have, as in this case, both Shamash with his notched sword, and the god whom 
we call Marduk with his scimitar. We notice that the worshiper, or servant, with 
the offering is placed on an eminence, as if it were desirable to represent him as of 
diminutive size compared with the god. ‘That the elevation of this figure on an 
eminence is not intended to indicate any dignity appears from such a design as we 
see in fig. 442, where it is perhaps the worshiper before the goddess Ishtar who is 
thus made smaller than the goddess and stands on a similar eminence. The other 
scene gives us Shamash and a worshiper followed by the goddess Aa. The object 
carried in one hand in fig. 441 1s a slender vase, and in the other is what seems 
