Details
A SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1800-1720 B.C.
Engraved with a bearded figure wearing a round cap and fringed kilt, holding a mace standard, facing a bearded figure to the right wearing a square hat and flounced robe, raising one hand in salute, a bare-headed figure with a long flowing beard and wearing a fringed mantle to the left holding an arm-and-hand emblem, and a goddess to the right wearing a square headdress and a flounced robe, holding a vessel(?) in her right hand, standing on a plinth, a ring of stars around her head, with a small priest holding a pail and sprinkler, and two verticle spears, points down, in the field, star disc and crescent in the sky, line border, 23 x 13 mm
CIRCA 1800-1720 B.C.
Engraved with a bearded figure wearing a round cap and fringed kilt, holding a mace standard, facing a bearded figure to the right wearing a square hat and flounced robe, raising one hand in salute, a bare-headed figure with a long flowing beard and wearing a fringed mantle to the left holding an arm-and-hand emblem, and a goddess to the right wearing a square headdress and a flounced robe, holding a vessel(?) in her right hand, standing on a plinth, a ring of stars around her head, with a small priest holding a pail and sprinkler, and two verticle spears, points down, in the field, star disc and crescent in the sky, line border, 23 x 13 mm
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 no. 507
Collon, First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, Chicago, 1987 no. 814
Collon, First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, Chicago, 1987 no. 814