SYRO-HITTITE CYLINDERS: THE GODDESS WITH ROBE WITHDRAWN. 297 
in fig. 916, with the nude goddess on a bull, before and behind which is a kneeling 
worshiper. Between the two worshipers is a lion, and above are birds and hares. 
But frequently, and perhaps more often, the nude goddess does not stand on a 
bull. Such is the case in fig. 917. In this elaborate and characteristically Syro- 
Hittite cylinder there is an upper line of three Egyptian vultures with outspread 
wings. Under them a worshiper presents a hare to a seated beardless deity who 
holds in the hand a two-handled amphora. By the side of the nude goddess there 
is room for but two figures of the frequent procession. Other accessories are the 
star, the sun in the crescent, and a recumbent ibex. In fig. 918 the goddess occupies 
the full length of the cylinder and opposite her is a seated beardless deity holding 
a vase. [Each side of her head is a crescent, quite an unusual use of the crescent 
as an ornament and not simply as the symbol of a deity. There are also a bird over 
a fish, the head of a sheep, perhaps, and an uncertain small object. In fig. g19 a 
worshiper stands on each side of the goddess, and below are a fish on one side of her 
and a bird on the other. There is also a bird, with wing raised, over a hare. In 
fig. g20 a worshiper stands on one side of the goddess, and on the other, under the 
extended wings of the solar disk, is a peculiarly Syro-Hittite kneeling genius, with 
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the head and wings of a bird. We observe also a scorpion. Yet another case is 
seen in fig. 921. Here a worshiper stands on one side of the goddess and perhaps 
was repeated in the fracture on the other side. Below is a bird on each side of the 
goddess and in the remaining space is a guilloche like a horizontal figure 8 between 
two lions. In fig. 883 we again have the goddess upon a bull and faced by Adad 
(Teshub) with a club and an ax; over her are her dove and the sun in a crescent. 
There are a seated deity holding a vase, a standing figure, eight figures in procession 
in two ranks, an ibex head, and a guilloche. 
What appears to be a later development of the form of the nude goddess is 
shown in fig. 922, from a cylinder mainly wrought on the wheel. The goddess, 
lifting her garment, as we may suppose, although it looks more like a garland of 
small dots or a skipping-rope, has wings rising from her shoulders, and she stands 
on a lion instead of being on a bull. Beside her, on each side, is a winged 
sphinx-like animal, and under one of them appears to be a man pouring a libation, 
while under the other are a fish and a swan. There is also a standing figure, with 
hands uplifted as if to support the two interrelated crescents, just as we see com- 
posite figures in the same attitude upholding the winged disk (see figs. 683-686). 
Although this is a radical variation of the nude goddess we must consider her as 
identical with the nude goddess on a bull. The wings are a similar innovation and 
