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object in his hand. But that this figure may represent a god is certainly suggested 
by fig. 521, where the standing figure wears a tiara like that of a god, and a dog 
stands before him. Similarly a dog stands before the supposed worshiper in fig. 
425. Here) besides. the doe, there is an ibex, and 
there is a profusion of ornamental emblems, a cross, 
rosettes, and rhombs, and an uncertain object, the 
lower part of which looks like a fish. The rhombs 
we shall frequently see in these and in the Assyrian 
and Syro-Hittite cylinders. They are what Lenor- 
mant calls the xveis, although it is far from certain 
that in the ancient art it had the significance of 
a female emblem. It is as likely to be the Egyptian 
eye. In fig. 524 the dog stands before a figure who is certainly a god, although 
he has the hand raised, but in benediction. Before him kneels a worshiper. 
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most frequent, perhaps, is 
the god holding in his hand a scimitar curved at the bottom, whom we have found 
to be Marduk. From the time of Hammurabi Marduk shared popular veneration 
with Shamash, and his representation was to be expected on the cylinders. An 
example is seen in fig. 523. ‘There is little doubt that the god figured is Marduk, 
and yet the two deities worshiped are Nergal and Shamash: “May Nergal hearken 
to his name; may Shamash lift him up.”’ Another cylinder (fig. 522) of the unusual 
material bloodstone has the same design as fig. 523. ‘The inscription reads: 
O Goddess Belit, the exalted, 
Guard (him), preserve (him), 
Spare (him for a long life) ; 
The servant who fears thee, 
Zabru, 
Son of Indim.—Price. 
