A FINE OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL, showing the water god, Ea, in long flounced robe holding a vessel from which flow two streams of water, another stream flowing from his side, towards two diminutive naked heroes with flowing vases kneeling to either side, two goat-fish flanking the deity above, in front stands the naked attendant of the water god, Lahmu, with curling hair who stands holding a flowing vessel with two streams, the streams of all the figures interconnecting, behind stands a draped goddess, Lama, with both her hands raised, another goddess, Ishtar, stands on two lions and before her a naked hero holding an animal offering, minor chips, 18th Century B.C.