Details
A SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1800-1720 B.C.
Engraved with a seated bearded figure wearing a round cap with upturned brim and a flounced robe, and a standing figure wearing a fringed mantle and a cap with upturned brim, a laden table between them, a bird with outspread wings above, and a bird below, a guilloche below the scene, a fish in the field, a fly, star disc and crescent in the skay, with a hero in combat with a lion as the terminal, line border, 20 x 10 mm
CIRCA 1800-1720 B.C.
Engraved with a seated bearded figure wearing a round cap with upturned brim and a flounced robe, and a standing figure wearing a fringed mantle and a cap with upturned brim, a laden table between them, a bird with outspread wings above, and a bird below, a guilloche below the scene, a fish in the field, a fly, star disc and crescent in the skay, with a hero in combat with a lion as the terminal, line border, 20 x 10 mm
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 no. 457