328 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
Another cylinder (fig. 1052) is of quartz crystal, somewhat battered. Under 
the winged figure of Ahura-mazda is a palm-tree. On the other side a figure in a 
Persian crown and garments drags a prisoner behind him, while before him he stabs 
in the head a foe dressed in a long close-fitting jacket, wearing a peaked helmet, 
holding an ax in his hand, and carrying a bow and quiver at his side. He seems 
to be dressed in a suit of armor, both body and legs. Behind this enemy is a lion. 
The dress of both the prisoner and the armed enemy is very peculiar. Under the 
winged disk in fig. 1051 are two figures fighting. One seizes his foe by the hair or 
helmet and with the other hand stabs him with a short sword. The other lifts an ax 
to strike his enemy, but is evidently too late. Behind each is another figure aiming 
an arrow. Apparently the two figures to the left are Persians. ‘They wear short 
jackets, in the top of which is held an ax for use, and one of them carries a quiver. 

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The lower part of the body, to below the knee, seems to have the Persian trousers. 
The two others do not wear the jackets, but long, loose trousers, and their quivers 
hang from their belts low down at their side. They represent some other nationality. 
The cylinder shown in fig. 1050 may not be Persian. It may represent one of 
the ruder tribes of north of Assyria or in Asia Minor and be earlier than the time 
of the Persian kings. A soldier drawing his bow is followed by the other soldiers, 
each carrying a bow and with one hand lifted over his head. Each is clad in a short 
garment for marching, held by a girdle whose tassels fall between his knees. There 
is a Babylonian inscription. 
The extraordinary seal shown in fig. 1054 is more probably of the Persian 
period, although not so certainly from the Persian territory. This is a beautiful 
carnelian cylinder, unusually slender in shape and with only half of the surface 
engraved. ‘There are on it two scenes of war, one above the other. In the upper 
an officer stands in advance of his company of six foot-soldiers and encourages 
them on to assault a company of four soldiers on horseback, who are fleeing, and 
