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70. The Hittite Teshub-Adad: In this northern deity of the storm we have 
the origin of the Babylonian and the Assyrian Adad, Nos. 36 and 50. He is known 
by his short garment, scarce reaching to the knees, with horizontal bars across it, 
his round spiked helmet, and his two hands grasping weapons, rather the ax or 
the club and the bow than the thunderbolt. He may stand on mountains and lead 
his bull. His name Teshub, under various forms, was common in the regions north 
of Assyria. He corresponds to the Hebrew Yahwe. (See Chapter XLvIitt.) 
71. The Naked Goddess, Ishkara: The usual and most characteristic form 
of this goddess is that in which she seems to be holding before her a skipping-rope 
or a garland, as in 6. But really she is withdrawing her garments each side to 

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disclose her nudity. Occasionally, as in d, she appears under an arch, and at other 
times, in the larger seals, her garment is clearly seen, and not the mere lower line, 
and it is drawn to one side to show 
her body, asin g. (See Chapter L.) 
72. The Hittite Seated Goddess: 
We have in a an extremely archaic 
deity with a queue. This cylinder 
(see fig. goo) was found in a mound 
in Cappadocia. We are by no 
means certain that these figures 
represent the same goddess. That ae d _ 
in c seems to carry an Egyptian lotus. The goddess drinking from a vase through 
a tube seems to extend over the primitive populations from the Persian Gulf to 
the Black Sea. (See Chapter xL1x and 
Nos. 16, 47 of this chapter.) 
73. The Goddess in a Chariot: Per- 
haps this goddess is more Syrian than 
Hittite. The four-wheeled chariot of 
state is characteristic, as well as the four 
horses. This hardly seems to bea chariot 
of war, but rather of display for worship in processions. It is not easy to identify 
her with any great probability. Whether the deity drawn by lions is the same we 
do not know. (See Chapter LUI.) 


