Griffin and worshiper flanking tree(?)

"In 1008 and 1009... the figure wearing a long robe and merely standing before the tree could be an ordinary human worshper, even though in 1009 he seems to be touching one of the branches.... While 1006-1009 correspond in a general way with Nuzi impressions, 1009 may be of later date, since the worshiper here seems to have long hair with bushy curls resting on the neck, a coiffure not found in Nuzi impressions but characteristic of Middle Assyrian renderings (599, 606, 607)."--Porada, CANES, p. 139