188 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
This is one of three cylinders here given in which Belit is addresed. ‘The others 
are figs. 531, 535. Another of a somewhat variant type appears in fig. 526, where 
the god holds the scimitar of Marduk, but lifts his foot like Shamash, yet not like 
Shamash to put it on a conventional mountain, but on a bird which probably takes 
the place of Tiamat. We shall see in figs. 587-596 the god fighting an ostrich, and 
in figs. 597-9 fighting several eagle-like birds beaked as in the present case. With 
the bird are here other emblems, the ibex, the cross, and two rhombs. The inscrip- 
tion reads: To the God Mardu. lordtot 
the mighty, ruler of heaven and earth, 
to his sovereignty it (this seal) is dedicated 
by the servant who fears thee; 
may thine eyes be favorable (to me).—Price, 
Another case is seen in fig. 527 of the god with the scimitar, where the god wor- 
shiped is Nergal. 



Sometimes the god with the scimitar appears with the worshiper standing in 
adoration before him, as in fig. 528, which contains only a filiary inscription, with 
the name of the god worshiped. It reads: “Udam ... . , son of Siga-Marduk, 
servant of Adad and Belit the exalted.’’—Price. 
In fig. 529 the god with the scimitar is repeated on the lower register, and the 
worshiper is similarly repeated on the upper register, and a flying bird appears 
with each couple of figures. In fig. 530 Marduk 



stands between a worshiper and his goddess, Liar 
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here figured like Aa or Shala. ‘The inscription ARG 
by, 
reads: 6 





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The first-born god, the first-born lord, A 2 | 
Who preserves in safety the souls of the living, 
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Similar is fig. 531 where the god with the scim- 4s XN Jss\\ 
itar stands between two worshipers, and above 
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them are two flying birds and a star, while three rhombs appear in the field. This 
is one of the cases in which the inscription bears no reference to the god; the prayer 
is addressed to Belit, “Lady of Heaven.” It reads: 
O goddess Belit, 
Thou hast made (him), thou hast called (him); 
Guard (him), protect (him), 
And spare (him for a long life): 
The Servant who fears thee.—-Price. 
