EMBLEMS OF DEITIES. 399 
ious life of the people even to be held in clear remembrance, and their attitude or 
form was lost. Accordingly both had the same emblem, which was repeated to 
designate them. Sin is called “Lord of the royal miter”’ (Zeitsch. fiir Ass., v1, p. 159). 
8. The Ram and Goat-fish of Ea: ‘That this represents Ea is proved conclu- 
sively by its order in fig. 1282 and the name of Ea assigned to it in fig. 1284. ‘To be 
sure, in fig. 1282 we have simply the ram’s head on a column, as in ¢, while in the 
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fuller form of a we have the ram’s head also on a column, but resting on the god’s 
throne. The fuller form, for which there is room on the kudurrus, can not be ex- 
pected on the cylinders; and there we may find solely the goat-fish (fig. 1297), which 
must be taken as the emblem of Ea wherever it occurs. In fig. 756 Ea is recognized 
by his goat-fish, above which he stands in a circle, emerging from the divine seat. 
On the cone seals the column with the ram’s head will be expected on account of its 
vertical compactness allowing it to be placed beside other asheras, or columns; but 
as Ea was not a god so much worshiped as Marduk or Nebo we may not expect it 
to be frequent. Examples of the goat-fish will be seen on the cylinders (figs. 649, 
654, 658) and elsewhere its shape allows it to be placed over or under other objects. 
g. The Thunderbolt of Ramman-Adad: On the kudurru, fig. 1286, we have 

the emblem of Adad in its developed form, as in a, and in b (fig. 1287) we have a 
more wavy thunderbolt over the calf, or hornless bull, the divine throne being 
omitted. But more frequently only the thunderbolt is shown, sometimes with two 
and sometimes with three prongs, and generally | 
zig-zag rather than wavy. It is not the imperfec- 4 ‘ ; 
tion of the stone, as might be thought, that [ees Gait a, ® } Ie 4 
accounts for the absence of the horns of the bull, 2 Lm Feet itaeg 
for the same absence appears in at least three kudurrus. Where the god is repre- 
sented in full on the cylinders, leading the bull by a cord, as shown in Chapter 
xxx, the bull has horns. Wherever the thunderbolt appears above or on a bull, 
it must be regarded as the reduced emblem of the god Adad, who holds a thunder- 
bolt in his hand and leads a bull by a thong attached to a ring in its nose, as in fig. 
455. The thunderbolt does not often appear on the cone seals, but we see it in 
fig. 1298. The earliest form known is that of 7 (see fig. 127), which was the origin 
of g in fig. 564. But in the earliest form it belonged to Enlil. 
10. The Spear, Scimitar, and Dragon of Marduk: he spear is certified to 
Marduk both by the Bavian rock-relief of Sennacherib and the named kudurru 
