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of the thunderbolt 769
(c. 700 B.C.) the fork, whether single (fig. 731)x or double (figs. 732,
733)2, is stylised into a shape resembling a lotos-flower.
The forms thus evolved in the near east made their way west-
ward through Asia Minor into Ionia, and thence into the mainlands
of Greece and Italy, borne on the broad tide of oriental influence,
which during the Early Iron Age swept the Mediterranean from
Fig. 731. Fig. 732. Fig. 733.
(884—860 B.C.) and now in the British Museum nos. 28, 29 (A. H. Layard A second
series of the Monuments of Nineveh London 1853 pi. 5, W. H. Ward The Seal Cylinders
etc. p. 197 fig. 564, M. Jastrow op. cit. p. 87 f. pi. 39, no. 120) : fight of a storm-god
(Marduk ?), holding two double forks, with a lion-headed monster (Tiamat?).
Fig. 729 from the rock-carving of Sennacherib (c. 705—682 B.C.) at Bavian north of
Mosul (A. H. Layard Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babyloii London 1853
pp. 208—217 fig., W. J. Hinke op. cit. p. 88 fig. 25, M. Jastrow op. cit. p. 28 pi. 14,
no. 46) : symbol of Adad.
Fig- 730 from the dolerite stile of Esar-haddon (682—669 B.C.) found at Sinjerli and
now at Berlin (F. von Luschan op. cit. 1893 i. 11—43 fig-4 and pi. i, Sir G. Maspero The
Passing of the Empires London 1900 p. 375 fig., W. J. Hinke op. cit. p. 89 fig. 26, M.
Jastrow op. cit. p. 30 pi. [4, no. 48) : Adad standing on an ox with the double fork in his
hand. Cp. the Susian god with bovine horns, axe, and double fork [supra i. 578 fig. 447).
1 Fig. 731 from a cylindrical bar of lapis lazuli (o'2m long) found at Babylon. It was
dedicated by Esar-haddon (682—669 B.C.) to Marduk, but is inscribed as ' the seal of the
god Adad in the temple of Esagila, belonging to the treasure of the god Marduk.' Adad,
who is here conceived as a form of Marduk, holds a lightning-fork in either hand. One
of these forks is double, the other treble—approximating at its tip to the shape of a lotos-
bud. The god holds also by a couple of cords an ox (the beast of Adad) and a dragon
(the beast of Marduk) (M. Jastrow op. cit. p. 7 f. pi. 5, no. 15, R. Koldewey The Ex-
cavations at Babylon trans. A. S. Johns London 1914 p. 221 fig. 134).
2 Figs. 732, 733 from a rock-cut relief of the Sargonid dynasty (.:. 700 B.C.) at
C. II. 49
(c. 700 B.C.) the fork, whether single (fig. 731)x or double (figs. 732,
733)2, is stylised into a shape resembling a lotos-flower.
The forms thus evolved in the near east made their way west-
ward through Asia Minor into Ionia, and thence into the mainlands
of Greece and Italy, borne on the broad tide of oriental influence,
which during the Early Iron Age swept the Mediterranean from
Fig. 731. Fig. 732. Fig. 733.
(884—860 B.C.) and now in the British Museum nos. 28, 29 (A. H. Layard A second
series of the Monuments of Nineveh London 1853 pi. 5, W. H. Ward The Seal Cylinders
etc. p. 197 fig. 564, M. Jastrow op. cit. p. 87 f. pi. 39, no. 120) : fight of a storm-god
(Marduk ?), holding two double forks, with a lion-headed monster (Tiamat?).
Fig. 729 from the rock-carving of Sennacherib (c. 705—682 B.C.) at Bavian north of
Mosul (A. H. Layard Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babyloii London 1853
pp. 208—217 fig., W. J. Hinke op. cit. p. 88 fig. 25, M. Jastrow op. cit. p. 28 pi. 14,
no. 46) : symbol of Adad.
Fig- 730 from the dolerite stile of Esar-haddon (682—669 B.C.) found at Sinjerli and
now at Berlin (F. von Luschan op. cit. 1893 i. 11—43 fig-4 and pi. i, Sir G. Maspero The
Passing of the Empires London 1900 p. 375 fig., W. J. Hinke op. cit. p. 89 fig. 26, M.
Jastrow op. cit. p. 30 pi. [4, no. 48) : Adad standing on an ox with the double fork in his
hand. Cp. the Susian god with bovine horns, axe, and double fork [supra i. 578 fig. 447).
1 Fig. 731 from a cylindrical bar of lapis lazuli (o'2m long) found at Babylon. It was
dedicated by Esar-haddon (682—669 B.C.) to Marduk, but is inscribed as ' the seal of the
god Adad in the temple of Esagila, belonging to the treasure of the god Marduk.' Adad,
who is here conceived as a form of Marduk, holds a lightning-fork in either hand. One
of these forks is double, the other treble—approximating at its tip to the shape of a lotos-
bud. The god holds also by a couple of cords an ox (the beast of Adad) and a dragon
(the beast of Marduk) (M. Jastrow op. cit. p. 7 f. pi. 5, no. 15, R. Koldewey The Ex-
cavations at Babylon trans. A. S. Johns London 1914 p. 221 fig. 134).
2 Figs. 732, 733 from a rock-cut relief of the Sargonid dynasty (.:. 700 B.C.) at
C. II. 49