388 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
74. Winged Figures: It has already been mentioned that the figure of Mar- 
duk-Gilgamesh (No. 41) is winged in the Assyrian art, doubtless following the 

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northern convention. But there is in the Syro-Hittite mythology a Barts of 
winged genii which we are not able to distinguish or identify. (See Chapter LI.) 
75. Fantastic Figures with Twisted Legs: See figs. 954, 956a. ‘These appear 
to be late Syrian. 
76. Two-Headed Figures: These also appear to be late Syrian. (See figs. 
954 955» 1212.) 

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77. Perstan God Fighting Animals: We can hardly take the frequent Per- 
sian god fighting animals, usually one or two lions, as any other than borrowed 
from the Marduk-Gilgamesh of Chapter xxxvi. But there is a change of dress and 
the lions have a peculiarly solid, stout body. The god also wears the crown, which 
seems to have come into use first with the Persians. Sometimes the god lifts a lion 
with each hand by the hind leg and stands on two sphinxes. The animal the 
god fights may be a winged bull, or sphinx, or an ibex. It may not be amiss to take 
him for Mithra. (See Chapter Lx.) 
78. The God in a Crescent: As we have Ashur developed in human form out 
of the solar disk, so in the Persian period we have the figure of the Moon-god 
within the circle thickened at the bottom to simulate a crescent. ‘This can be only 
Sin, perhaps under some Persian name. (See Chapter Lx.) 

