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behind the god is a procession of three figures, like those following the god at Boghaz- 
keui, inclosed above and below by guilloches. 
Occasionally the goddess takes the familiar style of the Babylonian Aa or 
Shala. Such a case appears in fig. 863. Between the god and goddess we have 
such a column or tree as was seen in fig. 861 surmounted by the lotus and eagle. 
Here it is surmounted by an extended winged disk. The procession follows the 
goddess, and above the three figures are a sphinx and an ibex over not a guilloche 
but a spiral. It is to be considered whether the spiral is not older than the guilloche 
and the origin of it. Another cylinder similar to the last is shown in fig. 864. Here 
the god seems to carry a weapon, perhaps sickle-shaped, in his left hand. There 
is a second couple of figures, a worshiper before a second god, or perhaps the same. 
There is a guilloche above and below. 
In a considerable number of cases this god is duplicated for symmetry. One 
such we see in fig. 865. [he two figures of the god face each other, and between 
them is a winged disk, over a small naked figure and a bird with two long horns. 
Behind the god to the left is a standing female figure, and before her is a “libra.” 
The remaining space is filled by the frequent Hittite heraldic eagle, but with the 
Egyptian vulture’s long neck; under which is a guilloche, over a humped ox. The 
humped ox was introduced at a comparatively late period. 
In fig. 866 again we have the god duplicated. Between 
the two figures are the winged disk, a vase, and a naked 
seated figure. Behind the right-hand god are a two- 
handled vase over a column and a female figure who may 
be a goddess. We then have, in the remaining space, a 
sphinx over a guilloche, over a lion. In fig. 867, between the two symmetrical 
figures of the god is the sun in a crescent (taking the place of the winged disk) 
over a one-handled vase, over a column. Behind the right-hand god, but separated 
by an eagle over a crux ansata, is a female figure, perhaps a goddess. In the 
remaining space we have a different combination. Under the guilloche are a 
seated goddess holding a vase, and a standing female figure before her, with two 
flattened horns over her head, such as we see in Egyptian figures of deities. 
An elaborate instance of thjs deity repeated for symmetry we see in fig. 868. 
Here, as in figs. 861 and 863, the winged disk is over a column. In the remaining 
space there are three registers. In the upper are four rosettes; in the middle one 
are two wingless sphinxes; and in the lower one a man kneels before a lion. 
Next to the kneeling figure is another small sitting figure with a bird-like head, 
which the right-hand god seizes by the hand. This is an entirely unique feature. 
In fig. 869, between the two figures of the god, is an ibex head over a hand, a rather 
rare emblem. Behind the god stands the naked goddess, with a branch, or ear 
of wheat, before her. Two bull-headed human figures face each other, with a deer’s 
head between them, and above is the sun in the crescent. In fig. 870, a much ruder 
and probably earlier cylinder, we have perhaps the same god repeated before a 
palm-tree. He has the same hat, but the older, flounced garment. The hat seems 
to indicate a god rather than a goddess. A fine cylinder is shown in fig. 871. Here 
the god stands on each side of the column, which we may regard as a variation of 
the “sacred tree,” the trunk of a palm, with the upper, curled leaves developing 
into the Ionic column. Above it is the winged disk. One god holds in one hand 

