384 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
51. The Goddess with Stars: Ishtar: The Babylonian Ishtar on the lion or 
lions, with weapons rising over her shoulders from her quivers, does not appear 
in the Assyrian art, except rarely, and then much modified. Such an example we 
have in b, where the quivers are retained and as many other weapons added as she 
can carry. But the peculiar addition is the stars. In fig. a we have the more 
usual Assyrian form, in which she is surrounded by a circle of stars. The lion is 

a b c d 
also modified so as to be a composite creature, partly lion but more like the 
dragon; but this may be omitted and the circle of stars may be modified so that 
the stars disappear. Indeed, the form may become very rude, but can hardly be 
mistaken, especially when, as is usually the case, she is accompanied by her male . 
companion. (See Chapter Xz.) 
52. The God with the Goat-fish: In the Babylonian art we have had occa- 
sion to identify this god with Ea, and the same god must be recognized in the 
Assyrian art. He is either seated or standing. (See Chapter xxxIx.) 

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53. The Assyrian Water-god: ‘This form is closely related to the Babylonian 
No. 7, from which it is derived; and yet it sometimes, as in c, suggests Shamash, 
who was also a water-god, rather than Ea. But it was a more popular device than 
in Babylonia, and appears on the later cone seals, often in quite a decorative form. 
(See Chapter XXXVII.) 
54. God with Lion’s Head and Eagle’s Feet, probably Nergal: ‘This deity, 
who may, perhaps, often represent a destructive spirit rather than the lion-god, 
seems to appear in b of No. 3 in the form of a dragon opening his mouth to bite 
the man’s head. It does not frequently appear in the cylinders. 
55. The Eagle-headed God appears frequently on the bas-reliefs of Assur- 
nazirpal and also on the cylinders with the tree of life. We can regard him simply 
