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8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
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TWELVE MESOPOTAMIAN HARDSTONE STAMP SEALS
8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Including a Syrian/Neo-Assyrian blue chalcedony scaraboid engraved with a seated figure at a table and a star above; a Neo-Assyrian cornelian conoid seal with the seated goddess, Gula, with her dog, a worshipper before them, crescent moon above, both 8th-7th Century B.C.; a Neo-Assyrian white chalcedony conoid seal with a male figure and a gazelle, 7th Century B.C.; five Late Babylonian chalcedony seals, each with a worshipper before the symbols of Marduk and Nabu; a blue chalcedony ellipsoid seal, a worshipper before the symbols of the god Nusku (lamp on a stand); another ellipsoid seal, a worshipper before the symbols of Marduk(?) and Nusku, all 7th-6th Century B.C.; and an Achaemenid brown conoid seal with a sphinx, circa 5th Century B.C., all pierced for suspension
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high max. (12)
8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Including a Syrian/Neo-Assyrian blue chalcedony scaraboid engraved with a seated figure at a table and a star above; a Neo-Assyrian cornelian conoid seal with the seated goddess, Gula, with her dog, a worshipper before them, crescent moon above, both 8th-7th Century B.C.; a Neo-Assyrian white chalcedony conoid seal with a male figure and a gazelle, 7th Century B.C.; five Late Babylonian chalcedony seals, each with a worshipper before the symbols of Marduk and Nabu; a blue chalcedony ellipsoid seal, a worshipper before the symbols of the god Nusku (lamp on a stand); another ellipsoid seal, a worshipper before the symbols of Marduk(?) and Nusku, all 7th-6th Century B.C.; and an Achaemenid brown conoid seal with a sphinx, circa 5th Century B.C., all pierced for suspension
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high max. (12)