The Open court . fire. Above him is a picture of the sun, andbefore him stands a priest or a king in an attitude of adoration. It is noteworthy that there are a few bas-reliefs which replace,in the representation of Ahura Mazda, the circle of sovereignty bya lotos flower, which may indicate either Egyptian or Indian in-fluence. Was the lotos flower in the hands of Ahura Mazda per-haps an emblem that was introduced since objections were vigor-ously made against bloody sacrifices? If that were so, we might ISee his article on The Circle ofaSovereignty, in the American Oriental Societys Proceed-i

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The Open court . fire. Above him is a picture of the sun, andbefore him stands a priest or a king in an attitude of adoration. It is noteworthy that there are a few bas-reliefs which replace,in the representation of Ahura Mazda, the circle of sovereignty bya lotos flower, which may indicate either Egyptian or Indian in-fluence. Was the lotos flower in the hands of Ahura Mazda per-haps an emblem that was introduced since objections were vigor-ously made against bloody sacrifices? If that were so, we might ISee his article on The Circle ofaSovereignty, in the American Oriental Societys Proceed-ings, May, 1889. 2 See K. O. Kiash, Ancient Persian Sculptures : and also Rawlinson, J. R. A. S., X., p. 187Kossowicz, Inscriptiones Palaeo Persicae Achaemeniodoruiu, p. 46, et seq. STliere is no need of enumerating other cylinders and bas-reliefs of the same kind, as theyare too frequently found in Assyrian archaeology. See for instance the illustrations in Lenormant,/./. v., pp. 177, 230, 247, 296, 299, etc. /^^. J *:5 J J -J _j^j_^ . -ti .J ., .LV J w -^ J A}

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