A Scorpion Man with bird feet aiming with a bow and arrow.
Found near Abu Habbah.
Picture was copied from Myths of Babylonia And Assyria written by Donald A. Mackenzie, 1915 (project Gutenberg) Chapter XIII. Astrology and Astronomy, Figure xiii.1.
Symbols of deities as astronomical signs: Sculptured on limestone recording privileges granted to Ritti-Marduk by Nebuchadnezzar I.
It is kept now in the British Museum.
King Nebuchadnezzar I lived in the 12th century B.C.E
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