356 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
ivy leaf; and two birds, perhaps vultures, are over a lotus and two ivy leaves. 
The cylinder, which seems to be Greco-Egyptian, is of soft stone and is unfortunately 
lost. 
Certain cylinders, such as we see in Chapters LIx and Lx, and others that seem 
to belong to a Persian period, such as fig. 596, suggest a Greek influence. At any 
rate they exhibit a fresh life, which does not belong to Babylonia or Assyria, but 
which may have originated in the districts to the northwest, where the Greek 
civilization and art penetrated, or from the Ionian coasts, or from Cyprus or Crete. 

