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‘Another prevalent motif*was that of an eagle** with spread wings and a leonine head resting its talons on the rumps of stags whose whose heads, in the round, are turned outwards in traditional manner.’

– ibid [E[ncylopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt] 1], 58

*(During the period of the early Sumerian city states, c[irca]3000-2371bc[e])

**[See diagram in last previous entry]

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