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.:. D. 'D: KOSAMBI. have vcertation replace the rays (Frankfort Pj.XX.6,4,j,!). On the Gudca scal Frankfort p.143) the dragon-god Kingiszida shovs ivo enakris or dragon, rising from his shoulders, like the later god Tilpak, XXV, 5, nhich relavs both to the Zohak of the Shah Namch. Occasionally, as on the Hammurabi stele, the rays curl up at the end, and 'harassh II:hnaton's rclickstell us that they could: terminate in hands, whence it is natural that they should develrp from or into supernumcrary arms. The best cylinder.scal for our purpose is fig.3, from PM 89115, Frankfort PI.XIX.2, wlúch shows the sun god being resurrected or libcrated from his mountain grave by Ea ani a godde::. !Ishtary. The sun . and the goddess show rays cinanating frota their shouldering inç central r23s of the goddess terminating in what might be taken á hands. Two rivers, proved to be such by the fish swimming therein, strcar out of Ea's shoulders, and he is, followed clo:ely by the two-farci atundánt. As for the godáees, whose various traits are fully; ensugh descopul on cals; bs; the time of the first Babylorúan dynasty to prore her identity with Ishtar, the rays radiating from her and her soling the sun would make her als a daun-goddess. As such,"she has a great deal in Cimmn with the Indian Ligas, wortippos cren: in the plural in the Pgveda, 190 prominent for a more goide of the dawn.' Irixirai comics ints siolent ciflict with hit, heticrirez Hoces car 1.15.6 ; iv. 2016-11; %.138.5., 7.73.6;.tris has, fortunau.ly, lo scal interpretation as a . naiure myth, and can only indicate a clash of cules. If now la were a. mother-goddess for which onccan casily find Bgccic indications; like Ishtar, her bringing out the sun (originally Tammuzi vould suill be remembered after the Aryan conquest and vivuldi cnable her w claim a modicat position as dasunoddess, even after Indra had put bit to flight. It is known that EnkiTo is originally the god of the land, 'st of the waters. Frankfort p.116.fsz. 32 shows us Inanna-Jshter scated as pricatess befoc HCT Ovinirn200-altar, creating homage from some detec; she holds the turriyet jer in her hand. Thus the naked goddes, on Syrian group 1 scals from whice shoulders the two rivers stream is an old survival, and. Ishtar musi-possibly under one other namoha:c been the earlier river.dcity displaced peacefully toy Pa Hot consort Tammuz is beveiled as both huzband and son, the root-7:00 damu meaning both;Tļus is quits natural, and whitever we have a clear historical Curic of develoçment witün the culture, patriarchál cults develop in corriendly tius manner from the matriarchal, by consortship of a son or husband with the priestcas. To revert to the common subytra
cerpts to this common substratum for the Indic and Mesopotamaian river-civilizations, it may be printed out that the horno
be winted-sut that the hoonest headdresurs of esopotamian god, thougti more complicated, again ómnect them with the three-faced Indus' god, as well as the deity' on the sacrifice spal. The
latter scal has seen attendant figures with braided hair, and the numbers ... interesting
ting thoúgh thie;. lack individuality. The seven -sazu7 Isaplarsisi arr not only an Indian group, bar highly reminiscent of this gre at antediluvian sages, whosc images are actually found buricd in group of
