386 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
It has been mentioned that certain forms of Assyrian gods were not derived 
from Babylonia, but were probably of indigenous origin and adopted by the 
Babylonian conquerors. Others came from the neighboring people to the north 
and west. We may be more certain of this in regard to several deities which are 
characteristically Hittite or Syro-Hittite. Others have their origin plainly in Egypt. 
Of the Egyptian gods we note the following on Syro-Hittite seals. But it is likely 
that they are rather Palestinian than either Syrian or Hittite. They come mostly 
from Sidon or from the east of the Jordan and probably represent a period of 
Egyptian rule and influence, perhaps even earlier than the eighteenth dynasty. 
For these from No. 61 to No. 67, see Chapter xtiv. 
61. Sekhmet. 
62. Seth. 
O38 Riana es 
64. Apts. Pe 
65. Horus, who appears under vari- [62] 
ous forms. 655 may be Ré. 
66. A Winged Goddess. TH 
67. A Winged God. [| 
Others are more definitely Syrian 
or Hittite. [65a] [656] [65c] [66] [67] 
68. The Vested God, probably Tarkhu, Sandu, or Khaldis: This god is prob- 
ably the original from whom the Babylonians borrowed their Adad-Ramman- 
Martu, No. 33, and prob- 
ably by an earlier invasion 
their Marduk, No. 32. He 
is represented as standing 
with great dignity, carry- 
ing no wealth of weapons, 
like Adad-Teshub, and 
indeed very rarely any wea- 
pon. His usual form is 
that of c. He is probably 
the principal god of the Hittite pantheon, who in the west was ann or Sandu, 
and Khaldis among the Vannai. 
(See Chapter XLVII.) xq 
69. The Vested God’s Consort: 
We have no means of knowing the 
name of this goddess. Indeed it is 
doubtful if she was anything more 
than the pale reflection of the god. K \ 
She is known by the square hat [65] [yea] ao [joc] 
characteristic of Hittite goddesses. Sometimes for her is substituted the usual 
Babylonian form of the undifferentiated flounced goddess (No. 34), who may 
indifferently be Aa or Shala. (See Chapter x.vit.) 



