Details
FOUR SYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with five standing figures before a seated figure, a vessel, ball staff, vessel with tube, two elongated wedges, denticulated dividing line, small denticulated objects, and thirteen random drillings in the field, two star discs and crescent in the sky, line border, 29 x 17 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure and an attendant, a laden table between them, a second attendant behind the seated figure, indeterminate forms in the field, a crescent in the sky, 17 x 10 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure holding a cup, an attendant in front of him, a bull on a altar behind, a ball staff, vessel, mongoose in the field, a crescent in the sky, 17 x 8 mm, and one of hematite engraved with a seated figure holding a cup and receiving an attendant, a second attendant behind him, a vessel, bull's head, antelope with turned head, a mall figure, human head, ball staff, and vertical line in the field, 19 x 10 mm (4)
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with five standing figures before a seated figure, a vessel, ball staff, vessel with tube, two elongated wedges, denticulated dividing line, small denticulated objects, and thirteen random drillings in the field, two star discs and crescent in the sky, line border, 29 x 17 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure and an attendant, a laden table between them, a second attendant behind the seated figure, indeterminate forms in the field, a crescent in the sky, 17 x 10 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure holding a cup, an attendant in front of him, a bull on a altar behind, a ball staff, vessel, mongoose in the field, a crescent in the sky, 17 x 8 mm, and one of hematite engraved with a seated figure holding a cup and receiving an attendant, a second attendant behind him, a vessel, bull's head, antelope with turned head, a mall figure, human head, ball staff, and vertical line in the field, 19 x 10 mm (4)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 360,361,362, & 363