The subjoined are specimens.No.1 represents a four-winged genius of the Assyrian type, bearded, and clad in a short tunic and a long robe, seizing with either hand a winged griffin, or spirit of evil, and reducing them to subjection.

In the field, towards the two upper corners, are the same four Phoenician characters, twice repeated; they designate, no doubt, the owner of the cylinder, which he probably used as a seal, and are read as _Harkhu_.[788] No.

2, which is better cut than No.

1, represents a king of the Persian (Achaemenian) type,[789] who stands between two rampant lions, and seizes each by the forelock.

Behind the second lion is a sacred tree of a type that is not uncommon; and behind the tree is an inscription, which has been read as _l'Baletan_--i.e."(the seal) of Baletan."[790] This cylinder was found recently in the Lebanon.[791] Nos.