The Assyrian sacred tree came in many forms, some even (to my eyes) arboreal! But is it, as some eager dendrolators assert, a tree of life, like the one we encounter in Genesis? In the absence of any textual evidence, all that's clear is that it's a symbolically charged date palm, though later versions add fruit, including pomegranates.
Images: Simo Parpola, "The Assyrian Tree of Life: Tracing the Origins of Jewish Monotheism and Greek Philosophy," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 52/3 (July 1993): 161-208, 200-201
