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A SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1850-1620 B.C.
Engraved with a figure wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a kilt, holding a lotus staff, facing a deity to his right wearing the atef crown and wrapped in a mantle, with, to the right, a falcon-headed deity wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a kilt, and holding a lotus staff with a bird perched on it, and, to the left, a jackal-headed deity wearing a kilt and a headress with a uraeus and two plumes, and holding an ankh, a plant and djed pillar in the field, an ankh, a cartouche with dot in center, and star and crescent in the sky, 22 x 10 mm
CIRCA 1850-1620 B.C.
Engraved with a figure wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a kilt, holding a lotus staff, facing a deity to his right wearing the atef crown and wrapped in a mantle, with, to the right, a falcon-headed deity wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a kilt, and holding a lotus staff with a bird perched on it, and, to the left, a jackal-headed deity wearing a kilt and a headress with a uraeus and two plumes, and holding an ankh, a plant and djed pillar in the field, an ankh, a cartouche with dot in center, and star and crescent in the sky, 22 x 10 mm
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 no. 513