Fig. 154.—Chaldaean cylinder dating from [the second monarchy. Black jasper. British Museum. most common of all shows a personage standing bare-headedbefore two altars, one bearing the disk of the sun, the other thatof the moon (Fig. 154).1 This individual is sometimes bearded,sometimes shaven. His… … Fig. 155.—Impression of a cylinder on a contract ; from Menant. and a fishs body and tail, as in the impression left by a cylinderon a contract dated the twelfth year of Darius, king of Babylon,king of the nations (Fig. 155). The use of these types lasted 1 Upon these types see Menant, Archives des…
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![An illustration from Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'Égypte antique / publié sous les auspices de S.A. Abbas II Helmi par la direction générale du Service des antiquités [de l'Égypte] ; par J. de Morgan, U. Bouriant, G. Legrain, G. Jéquier, A. Barsanti (1894)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cataloguedesmonu21egyp-289-551.webp)