252 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
god who holds a scepter. Behind him is the winged disk over the asheras of Marduk 
and Nebo. 
But the more usual weapon of this god is the thunderbolt, although the ax is 
also his. In fig. 768 he holds the thunderbolt; the bull is before him; there are no 
knobs or stars above his quivers; before him stands the worshiper, and behind 
him a female figure, with a branch, whom we may take to be his attendant goddess, 
although lacking all her stars and weapons. We have already observed that what- 
ever might be her dignity and glory, it was quite inferior to that of the god. Here 
she sinks into comparative insignificance, like the Shala who accompanies Adad- 
Ramman, or the Aa who accompanies Shamash on the Babylonian cylinders. 
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But the remarkable thing about this cylinder is its Sabean inscription, read by 
Halévy “Belonging to Barik, son of ‘Ar‘a” (“Etudes Sabéennes,” pais2)— Lhe 
inscription is of the ordinary filiary type, but it indicates the general worship of 
the deities in foreign lands as well as in Assyria. 
In fig. 769 we have an interesting variation. ‘The god stands on his bull and 
the goddess holds her dragon by a cord. But we observe that the winged disk 
rests as a symbol and ornament on the hat of the god. This indicates him as the 
supreme god, like Ashur, or, more likely, like Shamash, for the winged disk, we 
know, may represent Shamash as well as Ashur. ‘The other emblems are the cres- 
cent, star, seven dots, rhomb, and a couchant ibex. 
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In fig. 771 we bicere that the goddess is adorned with stars, but the god with 
knobs. In both the winged disk and the crescent there is the bust of the god. By 
the ashera of Marduk there is a wedge, which we may take to be the emblem of 
Nebo. There is also a small sacred tree with its ibex and human figure, the seven 
dots, a rhomb, and two lines of inscription. 
In fig. 770 the goddess stands on her dog with a back like that of a chair behind 
her, and before her a stand, a worshiper, and a crescent, while behind her are a 
star, two crosses, and two locusts, one each side of a shrub. ‘This is almost the only 
case known in which the locust appears on a cylinder. On bas-reliefs locusts are 
sometimes seen strung for food. 
