Details
THREE NEO-ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 800-650 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a hero grasping two bulls by their hind legs, a winged sun disc and crescent in the field, stylus terminal, line border, 29 x 13 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a four-winged genius grasping the forelegs of two sphinxes, bull calf and rhomb in the field, crescent in the sky, stylus terminal, 31 x 14 mm, and one of black chert engraved with a hero grasping the forelegs of two monkeys, star and crescent in the field, a dog as the terminal, double line border, 16 x 7 mm (3)
CIRCA 800-650 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a hero grasping two bulls by their hind legs, a winged sun disc and crescent in the field, stylus terminal, line border, 29 x 13 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a four-winged genius grasping the forelegs of two sphinxes, bull calf and rhomb in the field, crescent in the sky, stylus terminal, 31 x 14 mm, and one of black chert engraved with a hero grasping the forelegs of two monkeys, star and crescent in the field, a dog as the terminal, double line border, 16 x 7 mm (3)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 160,161, & 162