[562] Cf. Winckler, _Report cit._, p. 36 (below, p. 338), where the same custom is illustrated in a treaty with the Mitanni. [563] Incidentally it is of interest to note that an eagle was associated with the rites of Sandon of Tarsus, identified with the Son-god, who here precedes the eagle-deities. Cf. Frazer, _op cit._, p. 99. [564] Berlin Vorderasiatisches Museum (Königl. Mus.), No. 977. [565] Letter from Professor A. H. Sayce, July 23, 1909. [566] See above, p. 155 and Pl. XLIX. [567] See p. 269. [568] Cf. Herodotus, i. 199; Strabo, XVI. i. 20. [569] Independently Professor Sayce informs us that he has recognised in the symbol accompanying the first of these the emblem of the kingdom of Kas, the second state of the confederacy. [570] Nos. 5, 7. [571] Compare especially No. 5 with the winged deity of Malatia. Pl. XLIV. [572] In view of the proposition of Sayce (_Proc. S.B.A._ 1904) that there were nine chief Hittite states, it is remarkable to notice that the figures preceding this priest may be regarded as representing seven different gods or cults, while two are represented in the opposite series. On this subject see also below, p. 348. [573] For a full insight into these cults see Frazer, _op cit._, pp. 97, 110. [574] Cf. the rites of Comana (Pontus), Strabo, bk. XI. chap. iii. § 32; and in the temple of Mabog, Lucian, _De Dea Syria_. [575] Nos. 14, 15. [576] Nos. 32-43. [577] Professor Frazer, _op. cit._, p. 108. [578] Cf. Sculpture of Marash, p. 110, also the translations of Professor Sayce, _Proc. S.B.A._ 1904-5. [579] _Researches in Asia Minor_, etc. (London, 1842), i. pp. 382-3. [580] _Reise von Trapesunt nach Scutari_, pp. 42 and 43; also _Über die Ruinen bei Hejuk_ (_Arch. Zeit._ 1859, pp. 50, 59). [581] _Travels in Little-known Parts of Asia Minor_ (London, 1870), pp. 129-148. [582] Ramsay on _The Early Historical Relations of Phrygia and Cappadocia_, Pt. 11 (_Journal Royal Asiatic Society_, xv., London, 1883), pp. 116. [583] Also Perrot and Chipiez, _Art in ... Asia Minor_, vol. ii. pp. 153-158. [584] _Liv. Annals Arch._, i. (1908), p. 3, and Pls. II. and III. [585] Macridy Bey, _La porte des sphinx à Euyuk_ (_Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatischen Gesellschaft_, 1908, 3). [586] First noticed by Macridy Bey, _op. cit._, p. 2. [587] A town Teiria, of the ‘Leuco-Syrians,’ is mentioned by Hecatæus of Miletus (_Fragm. Hist. Graec._, ed. Müller-Didot, No. 194). M. Maspero inclines to the identification of this place with Eyuk (_The Passing of Empires_, p. 338). [588] Cf. the citadel gateway of Sinjerli, p. 278. [589] _Op. cit._, Pl. I. fig. 10. [590] Macridy Bey, _op. cit._, p. 6. [591] In this conclusion we differ from Macridy Bey, _op. cit._, pp. 11, 13. [592] It may be seen in the photograph, Pl. LXXII., and covers the sculptured block marked _e_ in the plan, extending a little way on either side. [593] The restoration suggested by Macridy Bey, _op. cit._, p. 11.