Details
SEVEN LEVANTINE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 1450-1100 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure receiving a worshiper, a laden table between them, a stylized palm and two birds as the terminal, 17 x 9 mm, one of black chert engraved with a seated figure receiving a worshiper, two quadrupeds to the left, and a small human, animals, and a snake, 18 x 10 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a striding figure, with a ladder-like structure and pots in the field, line border, 20 x 9 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a figure wearing a tall headdress holding a spear and a scimitar, a rampant animal, a lion, and a reversed quadruped to his left, a hand or foliate design in the field, 21 x 9 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a standing figure between two antelopes, two other quadrupeds above, with plant, linear forms, and a bird in the field, a tree as the terminal, line border, 15 x 8 mm, and two of black serpentine engraved with a procession of animals, with various animals and motifs in the field, 22 x 9 mm, 11.5 x 8 mm (7)
CIRCA 1450-1100 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure receiving a worshiper, a laden table between them, a stylized palm and two birds as the terminal, 17 x 9 mm, one of black chert engraved with a seated figure receiving a worshiper, two quadrupeds to the left, and a small human, animals, and a snake, 18 x 10 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a striding figure, with a ladder-like structure and pots in the field, line border, 20 x 9 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a figure wearing a tall headdress holding a spear and a scimitar, a rampant animal, a lion, and a reversed quadruped to his left, a hand or foliate design in the field, 21 x 9 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a standing figure between two antelopes, two other quadrupeds above, with plant, linear forms, and a bird in the field, a tree as the terminal, line border, 15 x 8 mm, and two of black serpentine engraved with a procession of animals, with various animals and motifs in the field, 22 x 9 mm, 11.5 x 8 mm (7)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 660,661,662,663,664,665, & 666