The great King wears it embroidered upon his robes, carries it engraved upon his cylinder, represents it above his head in the rock-tablets on which he carves his image a stands or kneels in adoration before it, fights under its shadow, under its protection returns victorious, places it conspicuously in the scenes where he himself is represented on his obelisks.

And in these various representations he makes the emblem in a great measure conform to the circumstances in which he himself is engaged at the time.

Where he is fighting, Asshur too has his arrow on the string, and points it against the king's adversaries.

Where he is returning from victory, with the disused bow in the left hand and the right hand outstretched and elevated, Asshur takes the same attitude.

In peaceful scenes the bow disappears altogether.