340 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
In a number of cases there are simply the animals, or sphinxes, etc., in heraldic 
pose, but with no human figure. In fig. 1137 two human-headed scorpions stand 
under the winged disk and before a fire-altar. In fig. 1138 the two human-headed 
scorpions are under the Persian winged disk and between them is a Phenician 
inscription. In fig. 1139 two griffins face each other. In fig. 1141 there is a single 
sphinx, with cuneiform inscription. ‘There is an Aramean inscription under the 
wings of the disk in fig. 1140 and under the disk are two sphinxes; between them is 
a small sacred tree or flower, and behind them a palm-tree, while above appears the 
crescent. In fig. 1142 we 
have two crowned sphinxes 
before a columnar altar with 
floriated summit, and above 
is the figure of Ahura-mazda. 
In this class we may put fig. 
1143, with the very unusual 
design of a winged horse, 
with a rare arrangement of 
the cuneiform inscription. 
Two Persian warriors, 
with bows, arrows, and 
quiver over their shoulders, 
as in figs. 1048, 1049, are 
seen in fig. 1144, an exquisite cylinder. Both figures carry the baresma in one hand, 
and between them is a fire-altar, while above is Ahura-mazda. Somewhat similar, 
but much ruder, is fig. 1145. A form of altar appears, and a worshiper with the 
baresma, before a standing god. An evident fire-altar is figured in fig. 1146 where 
one of the two figures seems to be stirring the flame and above is Ahura-mazda. 


1139 

lige 


1143 

Ti fee oer Te 
We have seen in fig. 1114 what looks like the Egyptian Bes strangling lions. 
In fig. 1147 we have Bes under the winged disk, in its extreme Persian extent, carry- 
ing the baresma in each hand, while on each side is a Persian figure with both hands 
lifted to support the wings. There is a very rare inscription in Persian cuneiform. 
The cylinders considered in this chapter are, with the exception of the first, 
religious in character. Those of a somewhat different style, which we have seen in 
the two previous chapters, have to do with war and the chase, but for the most part 
seem to belong to the same Persian period. 
