King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 81
he Babylonian Hercules; the winged bull. Iva, or Vul, of thunder, holds a rod, whence issue three zig-zag rays. Belus wears the horned cap. Beltis—Mylitta, the great mother, is represented by a womansuckling, as Isis. Bel-Merodach is probably the very frequent figure holding ashort sceptre and… … CONES AND HEMISPHERICAL SEALS. Stones thus shaped were gradually usurping the place of the Orientalsignet under its most ancient form, the cylinder, even during the timesof the Achaemenidse, and entirely superseded the same when theirempire with their old religion was restored by the vigorous race…
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