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FOUR SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1850-1720 B.C.
One engraved with five vertical rows, from left to right, three lion heads, three ibex heads, three scorpioins, four bull heads, and four human heads, line border, 20 x 7.5 mm, one engraved with four vertical registers divided by a ladder pattern, from right to left, scorpion and two hare, two mongooses, three human heads below a bull head, an a lion above an ibex, 16 x 9.5 mm, one engraved with five vertical registers divided by thin hatched lines, from left to right, three hands, two ibexes, four bull heads, three hares, and four thrones(?), line border, 18 x 9 mm, and one engraved with four vertical registers divided by a ladder pattern, from left to right, three hares, a hand above two human heads, two ibexes, and three birds, line border, 18 x 9 mm (4)
CIRCA 1850-1720 B.C.
One engraved with five vertical rows, from left to right, three lion heads, three ibex heads, three scorpioins, four bull heads, and four human heads, line border, 20 x 7.5 mm, one engraved with four vertical registers divided by a ladder pattern, from right to left, scorpion and two hare, two mongooses, three human heads below a bull head, an a lion above an ibex, 16 x 9.5 mm, one engraved with five vertical registers divided by thin hatched lines, from left to right, three hands, two ibexes, four bull heads, three hares, and four thrones(?), line border, 18 x 9 mm, and one engraved with four vertical registers divided by a ladder pattern, from left to right, three hares, a hand above two human heads, two ibexes, and three birds, line border, 18 x 9 mm (4)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 562,563,564, & 565