412 SEAL CYLINDERS OF WESTERN ASIA. 
made with the tubular drill, the guilloche is almost lost, and often the partial circles 
of which it is composed have a central dot. This guilloche is abundant, 
with allied elaborate interlaces, in Mycenzan art, also developed from 
Egyptian ornaments at an early date. It is not clear that the guilloche 
was an emblem of any god or idea, and it may have been simply an ornament. 
46. The Rosette: We may regard this as simply an ornament; but there is a 
certain amount of evidence that it has relation tothe sun. The 2 
rosette is Assyrian or Syro-Hittite rather than Babylonian. In 
fig. 1310 the rosette is included in the circle of the winged disk. 
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47. The vulture does not often appear on the cylinders, 
but is occasionally seen, with its long neck, on the more finely cut Syro-Hittite 
seals. It may be regarded as an importation from Egypt and as representative of 
the goddess Nut. 
48. The dove appears to be occasionally represented as accom- 
panying a Syrian Venus, as in figs. 924, 926, 927. 

49. The goat’s head is occasionally found on Hittite seals, and is a character- 
istic element in the Hittite syllabary. Sayce says it represents the god Tarkhu. 
50. The Crook: ‘This is single or double. In fig. 1311 an example is seen 
of the double crook, the curved ends divergent, standing over a recumbent gazelle. 


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Beside it is the spear, emblem of Marduk. ‘This suggests that this double crook 
is the origin of the double column of Nebo, which usually accompanies the symbol 
of Marduk in the later art. Another example is to be seen in fig. 1312, where the 
two emblems again appear; but this time the crook is single, over the gazelle. 
In fig. 1313 the two crooks are again over the gazelle, but with- 
out the symbol of Marduk (see also de Clercq, No. 277). ‘| 
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Nebo, in fig. 1314. We have the crook alone in fig. 1315. 
This seal has four flounced figures. One is a bearded god, - 
before whom is the crook, and also a worshiper with a goat. Then follow two 
goddesses en face, identical, except that one lifts her right hand, and the other her 
left. Beside them are inscribed the names of two deities, “Shamash” and “ Ram- 

