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Rod & Ring, An Initiation Into A Mesopotamian Mystery Tradition (Softcover) default-HIDE the book also contains anAuthor: Samuel David In Mesopotamian art, the rod and ring, like the horned helm or crown, are indicators of the depicted beings divine status. The most famous depiction being that of Shamash, the solar god of justice holding both divine symbols of power before Hammurabi the king on the Code of Hammurabi stele. The depiction of a deity presenting these items of power to a human indicates the conferring of some divine measure, be it benediction or