250 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
of the sun apart from the circle about the god. In fig. 758 the god is standing on 
the goat-fish; before him is Ishtar and behind him a figure in a fish-skin. 
But more frequently the goddess stands on a dragon, if on any animal, while 
the god stands on a bull, but occasionally on a dragon like that of the goddess. 
Such a case is seen in fig. 759. Here the circle or shield is ornamented with many 
rays ending in stars, of which the two upper ones are larger and are triangular, 
representing the original quivers. The god has but two triangular rays, with stars, 
from his shoulders, but carries a scepter, or club, and perhaps a double ax. The 
monster on which he stands differs from the dragon of the goddess in that its tail 
is that of a scorpion rather than of a bird, and it carries the horn of the bull on 

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which the god usually stands. The worshiper stands before the god as if he were 
the superior deity. In the field are the winged disk, the star, and the seven dots. 
A similar cylinder is shown in fig. 760. The animals are the same as in the last 
case; but while the goddess is encircled with stars and has a star over her hat, 
the god has but the single star over his hat. Besides the seven dots there is a peculiar 
variation of the disk of Ashur. ‘The disk, made of dots, is repeated, but not 
complete, and so is crescent-shaped. Within each is the body of Ashur, and 
short lines radiate from the dots. The cylinder shown in fig. 761 may be quite 
late—certainly the inscription is very late. ‘The goddess leads a dog (or lion) 
and a worshiper faces her. ‘There is also an eagle-headed genius, with basket, 
before a sacred tree so reduced that it gives only the stem, with the fruit on one 
side only. 
