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THREE SYRIAN CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, and a standing figure, a laden table between them, with, behind the seated figure, a stag and small animal below, a ball staff, vessel, head, four drill holes in the field, crescent in the sky, line border, 41 x 18 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, and a standing figure, a laden table between them, a ball staff and vessel in the field, crescent and drill hole in the sky, 18 x 9 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, a bull and a winged temple before him, a plant, ball staff, and vessel in the field, a crescent in the sky, 22 x 11 mm (3)
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
One of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, and a standing figure, a laden table between them, with, behind the seated figure, a stag and small animal below, a ball staff, vessel, head, four drill holes in the field, crescent in the sky, line border, 41 x 18 mm, one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, and a standing figure, a laden table between them, a ball staff and vessel in the field, crescent and drill hole in the sky, 18 x 9 mm, and one of black serpentine engraved with a seated figure drinking from a vessel through a tube, a bull and a winged temple before him, a plant, ball staff, and vessel in the field, a crescent in the sky, 22 x 11 mm (3)
Literature
Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984 nos. 352,353 & 354
Collon, First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, Chicago, 1987, no. 124 (for the second)
Collon, First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, Chicago, 1987, no. 124 (for the second)