ANIMALS AND PLANTS FIGURED ON THE CYLINDERS. 423 
The Datsy: A star-like flower accompanies the fig-tree on a number of seals 
of the Persian period. It is probably impossible to designate the species, but it 
appears to be a composite flower, much resembling a daisy or aster of some sort 
(see figs. 1066, 1069, 1072). 
Silphtum: Perhaps we should add the silphium, so much valued in ancient 
commerce. At any rate a peculiar and apparently conventionalized plant is occa- 
sionally seen which may perhaps represent the silphium (see figs. 612, 682). For 
a drawing of silphium see Ridgeway’s “Early Age of Greece,” I, p. 223. 
The Jvy: A single late cylinder with an ivy leaf is shown in fig. 1216. The 
ivy gave the cylinder the look of early Greek workmanship. 
The Thistle: A flower like a thistle is shown in fig. 913. 
