FIGURES OF DEITIES. aye 
appears, although she often carries a club-like scepter. On the kudurrus she has 
the dog attached to her seat (e,f). It would seem as if the long-necked bird, crane 
or goose, may have belonged to her. (See Chapter x11.) 
18. Lhe Seated Ishtar: She belongs to the earlier, or earliest, period, and is 
seldom if ever seen in the middle or later Babylonian period. Her characteristics 
are the lions, and the clubs and the sickle-shaped scimitars alternating over her 
shoulders. (See Chapter xxv.) 

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19. The Goddess of Hades, Ninkigal: She could not be distinguished from 
the seated Bau-Gula, except by the accessories of the scene. In two cylinders of 
an early period we see her seated on the throne of the lower world and at- , 
tacked by Nergal. In the late funerary art she is represented in a very differ- 
ent way, standing and suckling pigs or other animals. (See Chapter xxtit.) * 
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20. God with a Triple Club: A god, with a three-headed club raised in 
one hand and with a serpent-weapon resting on his other shoulder, is seen 
in one cylinder of the time of Dungi, King of Ur (see fig. 31). A scene 
precisely similar, except that the god is flounced and bears no weapons, is 
seen in fig. 32. In the latter case the god mentioned in the inscription is Nusku 
otherwise we might expect Sin, who 1s the special god of Ur. 


21. Gilgamesh: ‘This god, or hero, appears very often on the most archaic 
and on the early cylinders: less frequently on those of the middle and later period. 
He fights the bison or the water-buffalo, when associated with Eabani, or the lion 
often when alone. He also may fight a leopard or an oryx or ibex. He more usu- 
