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CIRCA 2900-1700 B.C.
Details
SEVEN MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEALS
circa 2900-1700 b.c.
Including an Early Dynastic steatite seal, circa 2900-2750 B.C., with a hero grasping two antelope, with lions on either side, and a bull-man grasping a lion; a Mitannian hematite seal, circa 15th century B.C., with the storm god holding a lightning fork addressing another god, a fish and deer below, and a deity holding a goat addressing another god; an Isin/Larsa black steatite seal, circa 19th century B.C., with a goddess presenting an adorant to a seated deity, a partially re-cut cuneiform inscription as the terminal; and four Old Babylonian seals, circa 18th century B.C., one of brown jasper with a king standing before the warrior goddess, three-column cuneiform inscription as the terminal; one of black hematite with two facing deities, a spear between them, and two other figures, with a crescent and a sun between them; one of hematite wiht a female deity and an adorant, and two deities in combat; and one of green steatite with a king before a suppliant goddess, a cuneiform inscription as the terminal
.7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high for the first (7)
circa 2900-1700 b.c.
Including an Early Dynastic steatite seal, circa 2900-2750 B.C., with a hero grasping two antelope, with lions on either side, and a bull-man grasping a lion; a Mitannian hematite seal, circa 15th century B.C., with the storm god holding a lightning fork addressing another god, a fish and deer below, and a deity holding a goat addressing another god; an Isin/Larsa black steatite seal, circa 19th century B.C., with a goddess presenting an adorant to a seated deity, a partially re-cut cuneiform inscription as the terminal; and four Old Babylonian seals, circa 18th century B.C., one of brown jasper with a king standing before the warrior goddess, three-column cuneiform inscription as the terminal; one of black hematite with two facing deities, a spear between them, and two other figures, with a crescent and a sun between them; one of hematite wiht a female deity and an adorant, and two deities in combat; and one of green steatite with a king before a suppliant goddess, a cuneiform inscription as the terminal
.7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high for the first (7)
Provenance
Trampitsch Collection, Paris, for the second and fifth seal