History of Monsters. 343

An animal not unlike the aforementioned Griffin is depicted on this same tablet. It appears to possess a dual nature, as it represents partly the likeness of a bird and partly that of a quadruped. It does indeed have a beak, but its head—which lacks ears and eyes—is adorned with the images of a star and a moon. It is further distinguished by the tail of a quadruped and a black neck that reaches down to the breast, just as the present illustration shows.

The third image of a Griffin.

Finally, from the same tablet, we have a monstrous image that I have seen fit to call the *Ornithanthropos* (or Bird-man), as it represents a bird in its head and a human in its other limbs. It also has wings attached to its back and the figure of a moon above its head; the reader will be able to contemplate all of this in the following figure.