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CIRCA 900-750 B.C.
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A NEO-ASSYRIAN BROWN SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 900-750 B.C.
Carved in the linear style, with a hero aiming his bow at a rampant winged lion-griffin with its head turned back, the hero lunging forward with his bow drawn, wearing a headdress surmounted by a star, the long robe opened with a short skirt over the advanced left leg, his quiver rising from his shoulder, a scimitar hanging below, a scabbard projecting behind, a trident drawn in his star-studded bow, standing above a horned and winged bird-griffin, its legs outstretched, fire spewing from its mouth, with its fore-arm raised, with a small robed worshipper, a bird, a star, a fish, a crescent, and the pleiades as fillers, line borders above and below
46 X 18 mm
Circa 900-750 B.C.
Carved in the linear style, with a hero aiming his bow at a rampant winged lion-griffin with its head turned back, the hero lunging forward with his bow drawn, wearing a headdress surmounted by a star, the long robe opened with a short skirt over the advanced left leg, his quiver rising from his shoulder, a scimitar hanging below, a scabbard projecting behind, a trident drawn in his star-studded bow, standing above a horned and winged bird-griffin, its legs outstretched, fire spewing from its mouth, with its fore-arm raised, with a small robed worshipper, a bird, a star, a fish, a crescent, and the pleiades as fillers, line borders above and below
46 X 18 mm