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574 The Bull and the Sun in Syria

A bronze from the Hamilton collection, now in the British
Museum (fig. 442 a, b)1, has again an Egyptian-looking wig, and a
lotos-flower on the kdlathos. Besides the usual busts etc. there is
an eagle with spread wings on the back and a thunderbolt below
each arm.

The finest examples of this type are two bronzes in the de
Clercq collection at Paris, both obtained at Tortosa in 1868. One
(fig. 443 a, by shows the god wearing not only an Egyptian wig but

Fig. 443 a. Fig. 443

also a rudimentary pschent like that often worn by Horos. Beneath
his chin is a short tenon for the attachment of a false beard. The

1 Published as ' The Ephesian Artemis ' in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Bronzes p. 183
no. 1010 pi. 27, but correctly labelled in the show-case. Cp. P. Perdrizet in the Rev.
Arch. 1903 ii. 399—401 fig. 1.

2 De Ridder Cat. Bronzes de la coll. de Clercq p. 143 ff. no. 218 pis. 35, 1, 36, 2 f.,
R. Dussaud Notes de mythologie syrienne Paris 1905 p. 127 fig. 32.

Very similar is a bronze statuette from Kefr Djezzin near Byblos, which formerly
belonged to J. Loeytved of Beirut and is now in the Berlin collection (C. Clermont-
Ganneau Recueil d'archdologie orientale Paris 1905 vi. 78—81, 118 f. pi. 1, R. Dussaud
op. cit. p. 125 ff. fig. 3i=my fig. 444). This too has Egyptising hair, a pschent, a small
false beard, and numerous busts. J. Rouvier detected traces of gilding upon it.