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FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 900-800 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a winged standing archer aiming at a scorpion-man, wedges and a rhomb in the field, chervron borders, 41 x 11 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with an archer aiming at a winged bull-man, a plant, fish and wedge in the field, a bird, rhomb and crescent in the sky, line border, 27 x 10.5 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with an archer on one knee aiming at a griffin, a plant in the field, a star in the sky, oblique line border above, lower section missing, 25 x 12 mm, one of red jasper engraved with an archer on one knee aiming at sphinx, plant and wedges in the field, star, crescent and two globes in the sky, line border, 23 x 9 mm, and one of black serpenine engraved with an archer on one knee aiming at a bull, wedge and crescent in the sky, line border, 20 x 9 mm (5)
CIRCA 900-800 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a winged standing archer aiming at a scorpion-man, wedges and a rhomb in the field, chervron borders, 41 x 11 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with an archer aiming at a winged bull-man, a plant, fish and wedge in the field, a bird, rhomb and crescent in the sky, line border, 27 x 10.5 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with an archer on one knee aiming at a griffin, a plant in the field, a star in the sky, oblique line border above, lower section missing, 25 x 12 mm, one of red jasper engraved with an archer on one knee aiming at sphinx, plant and wedges in the field, star, crescent and two globes in the sky, line border, 23 x 9 mm, and one of black serpenine engraved with an archer on one knee aiming at a bull, wedge and crescent in the sky, line border, 20 x 9 mm (5)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 144,145,146,147, & 148