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FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
One of white marble engraved with a seated figure holding a cup facing a standing figure with a shield, a whisk and a staff, wedges and a plant in the field, crescent in the sky, partially preserved chevron borders, 32 x 12 mm, two of black serpentine each engraved with a figure holding a cup sitting before a vessel upon a stand with an attendant holding a fan and a stole, plant and star terminal, 31 x 13 mm, 11 x 18 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a figure holding a cup sitting before a laden table, with an attendant holding a fan and a stole, wedges and a plant in the field, a star in the sky, a plant as the terminal, 26 x 11 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with seated horse drinking through a tube from a jar on a stand, with a standing horse and dog with a stringed instrument, wedges, a crescent and a rhomb in the field, seven globes and a star with a grimacing toothy face in the sky, line border, 25 x 9.5 mm (5)
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
One of white marble engraved with a seated figure holding a cup facing a standing figure with a shield, a whisk and a staff, wedges and a plant in the field, crescent in the sky, partially preserved chevron borders, 32 x 12 mm, two of black serpentine each engraved with a figure holding a cup sitting before a vessel upon a stand with an attendant holding a fan and a stole, plant and star terminal, 31 x 13 mm, 11 x 18 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a figure holding a cup sitting before a laden table, with an attendant holding a fan and a stole, wedges and a plant in the field, a star in the sky, a plant as the terminal, 26 x 11 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with seated horse drinking through a tube from a jar on a stand, with a standing horse and dog with a stringed instrument, wedges, a crescent and a rhomb in the field, seven globes and a star with a grimacing toothy face in the sky, line border, 25 x 9.5 mm (5)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 205,206,207,208, & 209