Details
SIX SYRIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
One engraved with a lion attacking an antelope, and three standing figures, a bird, plant, and wedge in the sky, 22 x 14 mm, one engraved with two figures with raised arms standing before three quadrupeds one on top of the other, a rampant lion and a snake behind the standing figures, a tree as the terminal, 22 x 11, one engraved with a figure with raised arms standing before an antelope and a bull, both with a small quadruped on their haunches, plants in the field, line border, 22 x 11 mm, one engraved with a figure with a raised spear, and a lion attacking a bull, a bird, star, and crescent in the sky, 18 x 9 mm, one engraved with a figure holding a scimitar leads a bull(?), an attendant behind him, an ibex in front of the bull, a plant and bird in the field, four stars and a crescent in the sky, 20 x 10 mm, and one engraved with two standing figures grasping a spear between them, and a schematic figure on a platform between two plants, 16 x 8 mm (6)
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
One engraved with a lion attacking an antelope, and three standing figures, a bird, plant, and wedge in the sky, 22 x 14 mm, one engraved with two figures with raised arms standing before three quadrupeds one on top of the other, a rampant lion and a snake behind the standing figures, a tree as the terminal, 22 x 11, one engraved with a figure with raised arms standing before an antelope and a bull, both with a small quadruped on their haunches, plants in the field, line border, 22 x 11 mm, one engraved with a figure with a raised spear, and a lion attacking a bull, a bird, star, and crescent in the sky, 18 x 9 mm, one engraved with a figure holding a scimitar leads a bull(?), an attendant behind him, an ibex in front of the bull, a plant and bird in the field, four stars and a crescent in the sky, 20 x 10 mm, and one engraved with two standing figures grasping a spear between them, and a schematic figure on a platform between two plants, 16 x 8 mm (6)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 376,377,378,379,380, & 381