378 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
ally is represented in the archaic period in profile, but in the period from the time 
of Sargon he is in front view and is distinguished by the short curls each side of 
his face. In the earliest representations he is quite nude, or has simply a narrow 
girdle, the ends of which fall by his side. In the earliest period it is not the buffalo, 
but the bison of the hill country which he fights. (See Chapter x.) 
22. Gilgamesh as Standard-bearer: Yet another representation of Gilgamesh, 
or one like him, shows him as if he were the attendant of a superior god and bearing 
a sort of standard or mace. 
That in these cases it is 
Gilgamesh that is meant 
is far from certain, indeed 
hardly probable; but we 
can not otherwise identify 
this god of waters, or this 
secondary god who carries) = f2zal_— sé] [236] 
the mace. We may be certain that in whatever relation he appears he is not a full 
deity, as he is never an object of worship. As attendant on a god he is seen in 
fig. 648 and elsewhere. 

23. Gilgamesh as Water-god: He thus appears on the most important of all 
cylinders, that of Sargon I., fig. 26, where he holds a vase and gives water to a 
buffalo. In the later cylinders, even to the Syro-Hittite period, he frequently holds 
a vase from which streams gush out. (See Chapter x1.) 
24. Eabani: Closely connected with Gilgamesh in Babylonian art is his asso- 
ciate Eabani. He is the monster with the body of a bull and the head and arms 

a c é b 
of a man, but with the horns of the bison. He, like Gilgamesh, or a figure like 
him, is an attendant on the gods and also carries a mace or standard, as in figs. 
269 and 481. (See Chapter x.) 
25. The Human-headed Bull: 
He is often fought by Gilgamesh. 
He differs from Eabani in that he 
has the fore legs of a bull, and not 
humanarms. While we have indi- 
cations that Eabani was created bz 
by Ishtar to attack Gilgamesh we f2s2] [2<5] [26] fag] 
have no information about the human-headed bull. (See Chapter x.) 

26. Etana: Like Gilgamesh this is the figure of a legendary hero rather than 
of an actual god. He is carried to the heaven by an eagle. The scenes in which 
