Details
FIVE OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1850-1600 B.C.
One of hematite engraved with two worshippers and hero with curls standing before a deity in ascending postion holding a staff with seven globes, 17 x 8 mm, one of hematite engraved with a worshiper standing before a deity in ascending position and holding a star staff, a female deity in ascending postion standing before a double-faced figure, with nude female figure between them, 23 x 9 mm, one of hematite with a worshiper standing before a deity in ascending position holding a staff with seven globes, and two figures linking hands over a pole, a vessel and star in the field, a rosette in the sky, 20 x 8 mm, one of hematite engraved with two worshipers, one with an animal, standing before a deity with cross staff and a deity holding a globe-topped and forked-end staff, a ball staff and fish in the field, 24 x 9 mm, and one of hematite engraved with a nude bearded hero grasping the hind leg of a lion and placing his foot on the lion's nape, a lion attacking a squating nude hero, and a winged griffin attacking an antelope, a lighting fork in the field, a scorpion in the sky, 23 x 12 mm (5)
CIRCA 1850-1600 B.C.
One of hematite engraved with two worshippers and hero with curls standing before a deity in ascending postion holding a staff with seven globes, 17 x 8 mm, one of hematite engraved with a worshiper standing before a deity in ascending position and holding a star staff, a female deity in ascending postion standing before a double-faced figure, with nude female figure between them, 23 x 9 mm, one of hematite with a worshiper standing before a deity in ascending position holding a staff with seven globes, and two figures linking hands over a pole, a vessel and star in the field, a rosette in the sky, 20 x 8 mm, one of hematite engraved with two worshipers, one with an animal, standing before a deity with cross staff and a deity holding a globe-topped and forked-end staff, a ball staff and fish in the field, 24 x 9 mm, and one of hematite engraved with a nude bearded hero grasping the hind leg of a lion and placing his foot on the lion's nape, a lion attacking a squating nude hero, and a winged griffin attacking an antelope, a lighting fork in the field, a scorpion in the sky, 23 x 12 mm (5)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 129,130,131,132, & 133