Flora Unveiled

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Figure 5.9 Mesopotamian cylinder seals images of sacred trees and their goddesses. A. Early
third millennium bce. B. Early third millennium bce. C. Late third millennium bce. D. Mid- first
millennium bce. E. Mid- second millennium bce. F. Assyrian, from mid- second millennium bce.
From Danthine, H. (1937), Le palmier dattier et les arbres sacrés dans l’ iconographie de l’Asie occidentale
ancienne Sacres. Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris. 2 Vols., Text and Album: A. plate 15, no. 84;
B. no. 87; C. no. 18; D no. 15; E. no. 90; F. no. 276.