Flora Unveiled

Figure 5.16 Photographs showing what an unopened male date palm rachis (bottom) looks like
when held in the right hand (top) and its resemblance to a cone held by one of the winged genii of
the Assyrian sacred tree reliefs (middle).
From Tylor, E. B. (1980, June), The winged figures of the Assyrian and other ancient monuments. Proceedings
of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 383– 393, plus plates I– VI.