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263 the wings of eagles" might have been more than allegorical; it also brings to mind the tale of Etana (see Fig. 30) whom an eagle or Eagleman had carried aloft on the orders of Shamash. Figure 89 Angels and Other Emissaries But, as the biblical textual descriptions and a glance at Fig. Figures 88a and 88b