Details
THREE SYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 3000-2200 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a circle of two horned animals around a star, a small figure with outstretched arms, a curved serpent, a horned animal and a branch, wedges, a drill hole, and linear motifs in the field, 23 x 20 mm, one of brown marble engraved with two animals with enlarged feet, curved ladders and wedges in the field, 17 x 15 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with a figure with outstretched arms, below him a bird, a stag, two wedges and a drill hole, 45 x 25 mm (2)
CIRCA 3000-2200 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a circle of two horned animals around a star, a small figure with outstretched arms, a curved serpent, a horned animal and a branch, wedges, a drill hole, and linear motifs in the field, 23 x 20 mm, one of brown marble engraved with two animals with enlarged feet, curved ladders and wedges in the field, 17 x 15 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with a figure with outstretched arms, below him a bird, a stag, two wedges and a drill hole, 45 x 25 mm (2)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 316,317, & 318