Details
A SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1850-1720 B.C.
Engraved with two lion-demons, one winged, wearing long robes open in front, kneeling and facing each other, and holding a spear, a rampant lion with turned head and a bull's head in the field, and a hand, hare, antelope's head, vessel, and ibex's head in the sky, line border, 16 x 9 mm
CIRCA 1850-1720 B.C.
Engraved with two lion-demons, one winged, wearing long robes open in front, kneeling and facing each other, and holding a spear, a rampant lion with turned head and a bull's head in the field, and a hand, hare, antelope's head, vessel, and ibex's head in the sky, line border, 16 x 9 mm
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 no. 531