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FOUR SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1850-1720 B.C.
One engraved with a kneeling and standing figure wearing kilts, in front of a seated figure holding a cup, a laden table in between, star, and star and crescent in the sky, with an ibex above guilloche above a bird as the terminal, line border, lower section missing, 16 x 11 mm, one engraved with a standing figure facing a seated figure, a laden table in between, a standing figure to the right, a standing harpist to the left, a crescent in the sky, line border, section missing, 19 x 8 mm, one engraved with a seated figure in a flounced robe and holding an alabastron receiving a row of striding figures, the first with one hand raised, a female attendant behind the seated figure, a jug in the field, a bird above a jug as the terminal, line border, 15 x 7 mm, and one engraved with a seated figure in a flounced robe and holding an alabastron receiving four striding men, the first with one hand raised, a laden table standing before the seated figure, a winged sun disc in the sky, a bird above a scorpion as the terminal, line border, 19 x 10mm (4)
CIRCA 1850-1720 B.C.
One engraved with a kneeling and standing figure wearing kilts, in front of a seated figure holding a cup, a laden table in between, star, and star and crescent in the sky, with an ibex above guilloche above a bird as the terminal, line border, lower section missing, 16 x 11 mm, one engraved with a standing figure facing a seated figure, a laden table in between, a standing figure to the right, a standing harpist to the left, a crescent in the sky, line border, section missing, 19 x 8 mm, one engraved with a seated figure in a flounced robe and holding an alabastron receiving a row of striding figures, the first with one hand raised, a female attendant behind the seated figure, a jug in the field, a bird above a jug as the terminal, line border, 15 x 7 mm, and one engraved with a seated figure in a flounced robe and holding an alabastron receiving four striding men, the first with one hand raised, a laden table standing before the seated figure, a winged sun disc in the sky, a bird above a scorpion as the terminal, line border, 19 x 10mm (4)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 458,460,461, & 462