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Gypsum wall panel in relief: showing an attendant in the form of a protective spirit, facing right, from a ritual scene. The object held in the left hand is often described a palm-branch; it may be intended for branched twigs, but the ends seem artificial and there is no reason to associate them specially with the palm. Sumerian figures wearing the flounced robe sometimes hold similar branched twigs, if such are inended.
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