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NINETEEN OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEALS
Circa 2000-1700 B.C.
Including twelve with seated figures, worshipers, deities and priests; three with an intermediary figure leading a worshiper to a seated or standing deity, all inscribed "(the god) Shamash;" one with a worshiper and a suppliant goddess facing a standing deity and an attendant, inscribed "(the god) Shamash, (the goddess) Aya;" one with a worshiper facing a deity in ascending position, with a similar inscription; one engraved with a worhsiper and a suppliant goddess standing before seated figure, inscribed "Pasu, son of Il-dalil-bani;" and one with a worshiper facing a standing deity, a bow-legged dwarf between them, inscribed "(the god) Amurru, son of heaven" (19)
Circa 2000-1700 B.C.
Including twelve with seated figures, worshipers, deities and priests; three with an intermediary figure leading a worshiper to a seated or standing deity, all inscribed "(the god) Shamash;" one with a worshiper and a suppliant goddess facing a standing deity and an attendant, inscribed "(the god) Shamash, (the goddess) Aya;" one with a worshiper facing a deity in ascending position, with a similar inscription; one engraved with a worhsiper and a suppliant goddess standing before seated figure, inscribed "Pasu, son of Il-dalil-bani;" and one with a worshiper facing a standing deity, a bow-legged dwarf between them, inscribed "(the god) Amurru, son of heaven" (19)
Provenance
The Marcopoli Collection
Christie's New York, 14 June 1993, lots 119, 187, 188, & 215-217.
Christie's New York, 14 June 1993, lots 119, 187, 188, & 215-217.
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, nos. 100-102, 105-116, & 121-124.