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of the Euphrates valley. On some of these early cylinders we have low palm- 
trees, or palmettes. Such we see in fig. 666 where a worshiper on each side of a 
palm-tree seizes by the hand the cord from under the winged disk above the tree. 
We have a star over a crescent, over a second low palm, or palmette. The borders 

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above and below are of angles, or chevrons after an old style. Here, again, we can not 
doubt that the sacred tree is the palm. The chevrons deserve particular attention. 
They represent a style of ornamentation that was a favorite one in the Mycenzan 
period and they suggest a date from 2000 to 1200 B.C. 
Though somewhat modified, we can still recognize the palm in fig. 667, also of 
the older type. It has the winged disk over the tree and the worshiper seizing the 
